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Temptation of Christ
Dutch
1633/35
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 35 × 45.4 cm (13 3/4 × 17 7/8 in.)
Image: 31.8 × 42.3 cm (12 1/2 × 16 5/8 in.)
Image: 31.8 × 42.3 cm (12 1/2 × 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Wurzbach 07, ii
Signed
In block, in image, at lower left: C. I.
In block, at lower right: Christoffel Iegher sc.
In block, at lower right: Christoffel Iegher sc.
Marks
Verso, in red ink, the collector's mark of Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309)
InscriptionsIn block, in image, at lower left: C. I.
In block, at lower left: P. P. Rub. delin. / & exc.
In block, at lower center: Cum Privilegiis.
In block, at lower right: Christoffel Iegher sc.
In graphite, at lower right (possibly in hand of Sylvester Koehler): The Temptation 1st State
In graphite, at lower right: 42
In brown ink, at lower right: 559
In block, at lower left: P. P. Rub. delin. / & exc.
In block, at lower center: Cum Privilegiis.
In block, at lower right: Christoffel Iegher sc.
In graphite, at lower right (possibly in hand of Sylvester Koehler): The Temptation 1st State
In graphite, at lower right: 42
In brown ink, at lower right: 559
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.