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An African Boy
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
1645
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.1 × 6 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Parthey 2004; Pennington 2004; New Hollstein 814
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in red ink with the collector's mark of Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309)
InscriptionsUpper right, in plate: W. Hollar fecit / 1645
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]. (Acquisition 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.