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Socrates
Jan van Bisschop (Netherlandish, 1628–1671)
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.6 x 10.5 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18592
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 5; Wurzbach 6
Signed
signed
Marks
Partial unidientified watermark
Verso, Lugt 1870 (Museum of Fine Arts, Harvey D. PArker Colecltion) and in black ink: 18592
Verso, Lugt 1870 (Museum of Fine Arts, Harvey D. PArker Colecltion) and in black ink: 18592
InscriptionsIn plate, u.r.: 4 (partially trimmed)
In plate, l.l.: Socrates
In plate, l.c.: ex marm antiq.
In plate, l.r.: JEF (Jan Episcopius fecit)
In graphite, verso, center: 127/ JvB (? Illeg.)
In graphite, verso, l.l.: Portraits
In graphite, verso, l.r.: 1/a
In plate, l.l.: Socrates
In plate, l.c.: ex marm antiq.
In plate, l.r.: JEF (Jan Episcopius fecit)
In graphite, verso, center: 127/ JvB (? Illeg.)
In graphite, verso, l.l.: Portraits
In graphite, verso, l.r.: 1/a
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York [Lugt 1309]; 1897, purchased through the Harvey D. Parker Fund [Lugt 1870] by the MFA. (Accession date: October 21, 1897)