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Border with the Fall and Redemption of Mankind
Title page to Homiliae Orthodoxae
Border with the Fall and Redemption of Mankind
Hans Brosamer (German, about 1500–1552)
German
1539
Medium/Technique
Woodcut and letterpress (laid down)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19072
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dodgson 4
DescriptionExtracted from: Georg Witzel, Homiliae Orthodoxae. Postill, oder Predigbuch, durchs gantze iar, vber alle Episteln vnd Euangelien : Christlich beschrieben, vnd nu fast an CC. örtern, auch sampt den Sontagsgebeten gemehret. (Gedruck zu Cöln : Durch Iohannem Gymnicum., 1539).
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]. (Accession 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.