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The Flight into Egypt
Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.5 x 16.8 cm (10 1/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2045
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 007; Lehrs 7 (I/I); Hollstein (German. vol. XLIX) 7 (I/I)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks
Watermark: bull's head with cross [similar to Lehrs, vol. V, p. 405, fig. 48]; verso, collector's stamp, in purple rectangle: RUHL [with an italic R overlaid on top in graphite; Christian Rhaban Ruhl; Lugt 2159]; collector's stamp, in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp, with accession number in ink: 2045; in graphite: LN Usw[?]; 37n
ProvenanceChristian Rhaban Ruhl (d. 1875; Lugt 2159), Cologne. By 1896, Henry 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.
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.