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The Apostles
Saint Simon
The Apostles
Master W H (German, active late 1470's–about 1489)
Copied after: Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Copied after: Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
1480s
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9.1 x 6 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2631
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 022; Passavant 22; Lehrs (Schongauer) 51 (copy f); Lehrs 20; Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX, Schongauer) 51 (copy f)
DescriptionThis impression is a 19th-century restrike from the original plate, held in the Kunstmuseum, Basel.
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: W [inverted v with stroke] H
Marks
Recto, collector's stamp in black, lower right: H. de T./STAT. [Baron Henri de Triqueti; Lugt 1304]; verso, collector's stamp, in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]
ProvenanceBaron Henri de Triqueti (b. 1802 - d. 1874; Lugt 1304), Paris. Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.