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Ornament with Two Genii Riding Chimerical Beasts
Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)
1544
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 3.5 x 10.1 cm (1 3/8 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1206.146
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 236; Pauli 241
Signed
Upper center, in image: 1544 / HSB [monogram]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; cf. 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]. (Accession Date: January 13, 2017)
NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.