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Saint Sebastian
Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
1514
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Image: 31.3 x 23.4 cm (12 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 31.9 x 23.4 cm (12 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 31.9 x 23.4 cm (12 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18914
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 037; Curjel 035
Signed
Signed in block, on tablet, lower right: HBG [monogram]
Marks
Watermark: gothic p with [?] above; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 18914
InscriptionsDated in block below monogram, in tablet, lower right: 1514 [the 4 difficult to see]
ProvenanceHenry 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.
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.