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Christ on the Mount of Olives (recto; from a Passion of Christ series, 1 of 3 extant plates); Design for a Gothic Canopy (verso)

Master IAM of Zwolle (Netherlandish, active about 1470–1490)
About 1470–90

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 38 x 25.6 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession NumberM27576
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 003; Lehrs 3 (I/I) and Lehrs 26 (I/I); Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XII) 3 (II/II) [Note: Hollstein is incorrect, however - this impression is a first state]
Signed Signed in plate, just left of upper center: zwott; lower center below the engraved border: [goldsmith's drill]
Marks Verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 27576
Provenance17th or 18th century, probably purchased by either Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1621 - d. 1668), or his son Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1656 - d. 1733), Wilton House; by descent to their heirs, including Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1880 - d. 1960), who sold 16 albums that contained the print collection; July 5-6, 1917, Wilton House sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 151, purchased for £33 by the MFA. (Accession Date: October, 1917)