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Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert, frontispiece to the Konstryk Tekenboek

Frederick Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1616–1690)

Medium/Technique Etching and chiaroscuro woodcut printed in sepia
Dimensions Sheet: 23 x 17.8 cm (9 1/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1616
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Roethlisberger/Bok 791
Signed not signed
Marks Watermark present
Verso, l.r.: Lugt 1309 (Henry F. Sewall, about 1895, New York)
Verso, l.r.: Lugt 1870 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvey D. Parker Collection) and in black ink: 1616
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: A Bloemaert ... [illeg]
In graphite, l.r.: illeg.
Erased inscription beneath image
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.