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Female Genius Holding a Coat of Arms

Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)
1535

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 8.4 x 5.5 cm (3 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1206.153
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 258; Pauli 269
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: January 13, 2017)

NOTES: [1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.