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The Adoration of the Shepherds
about 1599
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark 21.4 x 15.3 cm (8 7/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 021; Hollstein 15 (II); M. Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius) 14 (I/VI)
State
I/VI
Signed
Signed in plate, upper center: HGoltzius Fecit.
Marks
Verso, in graphite: B21, 1ier etat. avant le date; y/EM;[?]; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7215 [Lugt 1870]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: Cum privil. Sa. Cæ. Mtis./HGoltzius Fecit/I. Matham excud.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)