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Venus Wounded by a Thorn

Master of the Die (Italian, active 1530s)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
1532

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 19.5 x 16.5 cm (7 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 16, ii/iii or iii/iii (the publication line has been abraded out)
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
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 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:

[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.