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Bird's-eye View of Siena
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
After: Pieter de Jode I (Flemish, about 1570–1634)
After: Francesco Vanni (Italian, 1563–1610)
After: Pieter de Jode I (Flemish, about 1570–1634)
After: Francesco Vanni (Italian, 1563–1610)
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 36.9 × 44.7 cm (14 1/2 × 17 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 40.6 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.6 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13320
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Parthey 1121, i or iii?; Pennington 1121 i / ii; New Hollstein 215 i / ii (?)
DescriptionText on verso.
Marks
Verso, stamped at lower left, in red, the collector's mark of Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309), and, in black, the mark of the Reverend John Burleigh James (Lugt 1425).
ProvenanceThe Reverend John Burleigh James (b. 1811 - d. 1891; Lugt 1425), Knowbury Park, Shropshire; March 19, 1877, his sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, lot 2309, to Wilson for £0.20.0. 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]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
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.