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A Garden Party
Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630)
about 1615
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 10.4 x 11.2 cm (4 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased from Special Print Fund
Accession Number33.564
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Burchard 07 ii; Hollstein 246 4, i/i; Keyes E4, i/i
DescriptionBurchard cites an impression before the inscription in Amsterdam. Both Burchard and Hollstein cite this impression. Hollstein illustrates it.
InscriptionsIn plate LR: EVVELDE fe
Later inscriptions or marks: Recto LR stamped in black ink-- mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Lugt 971
Verso LL in graphite pencil: 72...6 [Burchard gives Friedrich August II’s inventory number as 72 056.]
Verso LL in graphite pencil: 151
Verso LL in graphite pencil: x
Later inscriptions or marks: Recto LR stamped in black ink-- mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Lugt 971
Verso LL in graphite pencil: 72...6 [Burchard gives Friedrich August II’s inventory number as 72 056.]
Verso LL in graphite pencil: 151
Verso LL in graphite pencil: x
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797 - d. 1854; Lugt 972); by inheritance through the family to Johann-Georg of Saxony (b. 1868 - d. 1938), Freiburg im Breisgau; May 22-24, 1933, sale of works from the August II collection and others, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 717; July 20, 1933, purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)