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Title page to Auslegung der Evangelien

Hans Brosamer (German, about 1500–1552)
Author: Martin Luther (German, 1483–1546)
German
1545

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19074
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein (German IV) 327; D 4
DescriptionExtracted from: Martin Luther, Auslegung der Evangelien an den fürnemesten Festen von Ostern bis auffs Aduent (Leipzig: durch Nicolaum Wolrab, MDXLV).
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.