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The Marriage of St. Catherine

Marco Angolo del Moro (Italian, about 1537–after 1586)
Copied after: Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone (Italian, about 1510–1563)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
mid 16th–late 16th century

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 16.6 x 11.8 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13748
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 2
Marks Verso, bottom, in pen and black ink, the mark of Johann Martin Friedrich Geissler, Nuremberg, Paris (1779-1853)(Lugt 1072), 1842; verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, bottom right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceJohann Martin Friedrich Geissler (b. 1779 - d. 1853; Lugt 1072), Nuremberg, Paris, 1842. Henry 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.