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Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench
Attributed to: Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
Formerly attributed to: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Formerly attributed to: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Block: 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 17.3 cm (9 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 17.3 cm (9 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP193
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (relief) app. 013 (attributed to Dürer); Yale 4
Signed
Signed in block, upper left: [Dürer's monogram]
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, collector's mark in black with a crown and below it PAAR [Prince Karl Paar; Lugt 2009]; collector's stamp in black: JBJ [inside palette-like shape; James Burleigh James; Lugt 1425]; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 193; in graphite: 178; 13; 2nd [?]; 5/[?]
ProvenanceProbably Prince Johann Wenceslaus Paar (b. 1719 - d. 1792), Vienna; by inheritance to his son, Prince Karl Paar (b. 1772 - d. 1819; Lugt 2009), Vienna. Reverend John Burleigh James (b. 1811 - d. 1891; Lugt 1425), Knowbury Park, Shropshire; 1877, his sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. 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 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[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.
NOTE:
[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.