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The Mocking of Christ (from The Passion of Christ series, the "small set", plate 5 of 14)

Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)
After: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
about 1600

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Image: 11.5 x 7.5 cm (4 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 11.7 x 8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 12.3 x 8.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP9159
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (intaglio), copy after Lucas van Leyden, 047; see Filedt Kok (New Hollstein), Lucas van Leyden, p. 71
State Copy
InscriptionsIn plate, upper center, copied after the original: L; lower center: 1521
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]. (Acquisition 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.