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The Discovery of Joseph's Cup in Benjamin's Sack

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian, active c. 1490–1520)
After: Baldassare Peruzzi (Italian, 1481–1536)
about 1518-1520

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 17.1 × 27.8 cm (6 3/4 × 10 15/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1005
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind V, 44, 22; Bartsch (as anonymous Italian engraver) XV, 11, 7; Illustrated Bartsch 2511.002, only state; Passavant V, 107, 27
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in blue ink, the mark of Mary Jane Morgan, New York (died 1885)(Lugt 1879); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceMary Jane Morgan (died before 1886, New York, Lugt 1879); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.