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God the Father (Frontispiece to the Nuremberg Chronicle)

Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434–1519)

Medium/Technique Woodcut; proof
Dimensions Block: 37.6 cm (14 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.6 x 26.4 cm (16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number21.10611
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Not signed
Marks No watermark; verso: MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 28537/a; collector's stamp (faint): P. Davidsohn [Lugt 654]; in graphite: c7687; 1644
ProvenancePaul Davidsohn (b. 1839 - d. 1927?; Lugt 654), London, Vienna, and Berlin; April 26-29, 1921, his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 1644 (1 of 4 sheets); purchased from Colnaghi & Co. (dealers), London, by the MFA. (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)