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The Adoration of the Shepherds
1615
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.4 x 15.7 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 021 (III); Hollstein 15; M. Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius) 14 (V/VI)
State
V/VI
Signed
Signed in plate, upper center: H. Goltzius Fecit
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7216 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: No. 40 [circled]; Harrop; G.Y.; B.21_. 3eme etat.; YW.; in ink: 43306
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: Cum privil. Sa. Cæ. Mtis./HGoltzius Fecit
I. Matham excud./1615.
I. Matham excud./1615.
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)