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Madonna by the Tree
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1513
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.6 × 7.5 cm (4 9/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP299
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 035; Meder 34c
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, upper center: 1513/[Dürer's monogram]
Marks
No watermark; verso, collectors signature in extremely faded, now yellowish ink: Robert [Balmanno?]; collector's signature in fading ink: H. F. Sewall 1852; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; 3 marks in graphite (difficult to decipher); MFA Parker Collection stamp with accession number in ink: 299
ProvenanceProbably Robert Balmanno (b. 1780 - d. 1866; Lugt 213), London and New York. 1852, Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)