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Danaë Receiving the Shower of Gold
Engraved by: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
Designed by: Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1564–1651)
Designed by: Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1564–1651)
1610
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 18.2 × 24.9 cm (7 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 × 25.2 cm (7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 × 25.2 cm (7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7310
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 077; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. 11) 198, I/I; Léna Widerkehr (New Hollstein)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, lower margin: Cum privil. Sac. Cas. M. Abraham Bloemaert Inuentr Ia. Matham Sculptor et excud. 1610.
Marks
Watermark [not identified]; verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foser Sewall, Lugt 1309]; MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870), with accession number in black ink: 7310
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.