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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Plate 11 from a series of 14 from The Passion of Christ [small set])

After: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)
Publisher: Clement de Jonghe (Dutch, 1624 / 1625 – 1677)
about 1600

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Image: 11.5 x 7.4 cm (4 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 11.7 x 7.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.5 x 8.6 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP9165
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Muller: B. Vol. 3, no.52; H.XIV. no. 30 LvL: H.53, copy, 3rd state; FK (Lucas) B.53, copy
State Copy
InscriptionsEngraved lower center on scrap: "L 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.