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The Little Doctor


Le Petit Physcien
Johann Georg Wille (French, 1715–1808)
After: Caspar Netscher (Dutch, born in Germany, 1639–1684)
French
1761

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 30.2 × 22.8 cm (11 7/8 × 9 in.)
Platemark: 24.7 × 17.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP5152
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné LeBlanc 66, before i?
Marks Verso, stamped in blue, the collector's mark of Mary Jane Morgan (Lugt 1879) [twice]
Verso, stamped in red, the collector's mark of Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309)
ProvenanceMary Jane Morgan (b. 1823 - d. 1885; Lugt 1879), New York. Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309); March 3 - 5, 1886, posthumous Morgan Sale, American Art Galleries, lot 2248; 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.