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Medea, or the Marriage of Jason and Crusea

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1648

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint
Dimensions Platemark: 23.9 x 17.7 cm (9 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.2 x 18.5 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP504
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 112; Hind 235 iii
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot (b. 1790 - d. 1876; Lugt 119), Paris; May 8, 1877, posthumous Firmin-Didot sale, Paris, Danlos, Delisle, and Pawlowski, Paris, lot 870, sold for 60 fr. Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

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.