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Design for a Napkin Boat (Nef)
about 1530-1560
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.2 × 18.3 cm (5 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 14 × 18.1 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 14 × 18.1 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Clifford S. Ackley in memory of Larry Salmon, Curator of Textiles 1971-1980
Accession Number1985.58
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil (Boyvin) 175, only state; Levron 291; IFF (Boyvin, Modèles d'orfèvrerie) 5
DescriptionOne of a series of nine containers designed by Rosso or Leonard Thiry and engraved by René Boyvin or Pierre Milan.
Marks
Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)