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The Bagpiper

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1514

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 11.6 × 7.4 cm (4 9/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP357
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (intaglio) 091; Meder 90 (b)
Signed Signed and dated in plate, lower left: 1514/[Dürer's monogram]
Marks No watermark; verso, collector's initials in black ink: HFS [Henry F. Sewall]; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; faded MFA Parker stamp in purple ink (Lugt 1870) with accession number in black ink: 357; in graphite: 15/
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Date Acquired: October 21, 1897)

NOTES: [1] Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.