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The Tree of Jesse
Ornamental Engraving with the Tree of Jesse
The Tree of Jesse
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
before 1492
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 x 26.9 cm (4 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2189
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 618 (I/I); Bartsch 202; Geisberg 466; Koreny (Hollstein)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: . Israhel . V . M .
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in blue: M.J.M. [Mary Jane Morgan; Lugt 1879); in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]
ProvenanceMary Jane Morgan (b. 1821 - d. 188; Lugt 1879), New York; March 3-15, 1886, her sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 2213 (Geneology of Christ). Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)