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The Lion as Judge (from the Fighting Chimeras and Scenes to Aesop's Fables series, sixth of twelve plates)
Nicolaes de Bruyn (Netherlandish, 1571–1656)
1594
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 3.3 × 6.2 cm (1 5/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession NumberM26270
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IV) 261
Signed
Signed in plate, upper right: NB
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in brown ink: [Adalbert von Lanna; Lugt 2773); collector's initials in ink: PJS [Paul J. Sachs; Lugt 2091]; in graphite: 1231; Lanna coll.; Nicolas de Bruyn; "The Lion as Judge:, 1760; 53; a60418; FC; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 26270
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, right of the lion's tail: 6
ProvenanceAdalbert, Freiherr von Lanna (b. 1836 - d. 1909), Prague; May 11-22, 1909, his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 966. Paul J. Sachs (b. 1878 - d. 1965; Lugt 2091), Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of Paul J. Sachs to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1916)