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The Ill-Assorted Couple
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
about 1495
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 15.7 × 14.5 cm (6 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Image: 15 × 13.8 cm (5 7/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
Image: 15 × 13.8 cm (5 7/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP359
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 093; Meder 77 (Ic/II)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: [Dürer's monogram]
Marks
No watermark; verso, in black ink: Robert Balmanno FSA London 1828; in old ink: HFS [Henry F. Sewall]; collector's mark in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; very faded MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870) in purple ink; with accession number in faded ink: 359; marks in graphite, including: Ottley No 4; 4a
ProvenanceRobert Balmanno, (b. 1780 - d. 1866[?]; Lugt 213), London and New York. Henry 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] 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] Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.