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The Beggars
Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
about 1509
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 10.9 x 7.8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 11.1 x 8 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 11.1 x 8 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession NumberM28421
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 143; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. X) 143 (only state); Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 143 (a - only state)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, upper right, on tablet hanging from tree: L
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in black ink: P. Davidsohn [Lugt 645]; in graphite: 1444 [circled]; c. 6985; B. 143; A[?] 28936; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 28421
ProvenancePaul Davidsohn (b. 1839 - d. 1927?; Lugt 654), London, Vienna, and Berlin; November 22-26, 1920, his sale, C. G. Boerner, CXXX, Leipzig, lot 1092, to P. & D. Colnaghi (dealers, London); January 1, 1921, purchased from Colnaghi by the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1921)