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Emperor Maximilian I (b. 1459 - d. 1519)
After: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
Attributed to: Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)
Attributed to: Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)
mid-17th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving in reverse
Dimensions
Image: 25.7 x 19.1 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 26.4 x 19.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 30.2 x 23.6 cm (11 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 26.4 x 19.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 30.2 x 23.6 cm (11 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8836
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
copy after Bartsch (intaglio) 172; Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 172 aII
State
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]; lower center, below engraved borderline: I. de Ram Excudit
Marks
Collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall, Lugt 1309]; MFA Parker Collection stamp with accession number in black ink: 8836; in graphite: Maximilian I. B172; 1/36; Copie [?] Leyden
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.