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Lucas van Leyden (?)
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish (?), 17th century
Formerly attributed to: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
Design attributed to: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Formerly attributed to: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
Design attributed to: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
17th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.5 x 14.2 cm (6 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 17.5 x 13.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 17.5 x 13.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8837
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 173; Hollstein 173; Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 3 [in the style of Lucas van Leyden]
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, center left (falsely): 15L25
Marks
Watermark: crown with cross and letter below [not identified]; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall, Lugt 1309]; completely faded Parker Collection stamp with accession number in black ink: 8837
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower margin: Effigies Luca Leidensis propria manu incidere [the margin with inscription for this impression was cut off, at an unknown date, and is now rejoined to the image]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.