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Charity (from the series the Seven Virtues, plate 3 of 7)
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 16.5 x 11 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 16.7 x 11.3 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 16.7 x 11.3 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8802
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 129; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. X) 129 (I); Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 129 (III/III)
State
III/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: L
Marks
No watermark; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall, Lugt 1309]; much faded MFA Parker stamp [Lugt 1868] in purple ink with accession number in black ink: 8802; in graphite: 129
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in scroll, upper right: CARITAS ["S" in reverse]; inscribed in plate [?]: 2.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.