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The Pierced Rock

Herman van Swanevelt (Netherlandish, about 1600–1655)
mid 17th century

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 5.3 x 8 cm (2 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 4.6 x 7.3 cm (1 13/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8036
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 9; Hollstein 71, only state
Description
Marks Verso, bottom right, in pencil, the mark of van Puten, Paris (died c. 1829)(Lugt 2058); verso, bottom 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 (almost completely faded), the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870); verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282a)
Provenancevan Puten, Paris (died c. 1829)(Lugt 2058); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897