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The Nativity and the Adoration of the Shepherds
Nicoletto da Modena (Italian, active 1500–1512)
About 1510–1515
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.9 × 22.7 cm (13 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession NumberM28182
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind V, 127, 63; Bartsch XIII, 256, 04; Illustrated Bartsch 2508.058, ii/ii; Le Blanc (as Rosex) 5
Signed
Signed in the plate on base of right pillar: "NICOLETO DAMODENA".
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in red-orange ink, the mark of John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929)(Lugt 1508); verso, lower right, stamped in black ink, an unidentified mark (Lugt 2177); verso, upper center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceJ.P. Hesseltine, (1843-1929, London), Lugt 1508 (sale of June 3-5 1935 - Sotheby London?); PDP Register entry: Date acquired, 11/1/1920 [exact to month]