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The Battle of the Nudes
Antonio Pollaiuolo (Italian, 1431–1498)
about 1460-1475
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 40.3 × 60.5 cm (15 7/8 × 23 13/16 in.)(with a thread margin at the top; trimmed within the platemark at the other three sides)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP974
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind D.I.1; Bartsch XIII, 202, 2; Illustrated Bartsch 2501.001, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsRecto, bottom center, in pen and brown ink, the initial "R"
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896, NY, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA November 1897