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A Roman General Addressing His Troops
1460 (?)
Medium/Technique
Niello
Dimensions
Sheet: 4.9 × 3.8 cm (1 15/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 4.8 × 3.7 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 4.8 × 3.7 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP931
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind (Nielli) 283
DescriptionHind believes that the date is probably a later addition. He reads the date as "1466(?)", but on this impression it clearly reads "1460".
Marks
Verso, center left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.