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Archers Shooting an Old Man by a Tree

Bernard Salomon (French, about 1508–about 1561)
about 1540-1560

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Dimensions Sheet: 5.1 × 16.4 cm (2 × 6 7/16 in.)
Image: 4.6 × 15.9 cm (1 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19213
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
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.