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Saint John (from the series Christ, Paul, and the Twelve Apostles, plate 5 of 14)
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
about 1510
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 11.7 x 7.3 cm (4 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 11.9 x 7.4 cm (4 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 13.1 × 8.7 cm (5 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 11.9 x 7.4 cm (4 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 13.1 × 8.7 cm (5 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8768
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 090; Hollstein Dutch and Flemish, vol. X) 90 (only state); Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 90, I/I
State
Only state
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: L
Marks
No watermark; recto, below engraved border, lower center, in graphite: S. Johan; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; faded MFA Harvey D. Parker stamp in purple ink, L. 1870, with accession number in black ink: 8768; in graphite, three times: 90
InscriptionsEngraved lower left: "L"; lower center, in black chalk : "S. Johann"
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, acquired by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.