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Four Naked Women (The Four Witches)
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1497
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 × 13.3 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP339
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 075; Meder 69 (Ia(?)/Ih)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: [monogram]; dated in the ball suspended from the ceiling: 1497
Marks
Watermark: bull's head (Meder 62); verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall, Lugt 1309]; faded MFA Parker stamp in purple ink (Lugt 1870), with accession number in black ink: 339; in graphite: 75
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in the ball suspended from the ceiling: 1497/O G H
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Date Acquired: October 21, 1897)
NOTES: [1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTES: [1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.