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The Good Thief

Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553–1615)
After: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian (Florentine), 1475–1564)
1580

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 34.2 x 15.4 cm (13 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1568
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 069; Meyer 072, i/ii
Marks Verso, bottom center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:

[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.