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Emperor Maximilian I
Attributed to: Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)
After: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
After: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
about 1600
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 26 × 19.5 cm (10 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19376
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
copy after Bartsch (intaglio) 172; Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 172 aII
State
I/II
Signed
Monogram and date in plate, in banner upper right, copied after the original: L1520 [but the "0" looks like a 6 in reverse]
Marks
Watermark: fleur-de-lis in crowned shield(?); verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall, Lugt 1309]; faded MFA Parker Collection stamp with accession number in black ink: 1937; in graphite: B172./Volbehr 156 c; Portrait of Maximilian 1st; Lucas van Leyden/Reverse copy by Jan Muller.
InscriptionsEngraved upper right in banner in plate : "L 1520"
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.