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The Conversion of Saint Paul
Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
about 1505–07
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 13.5 x 16 cm (5 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP195
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (relief) app. 017 (attributed to Dürer); Curjel 6; Yale 52a
Signed
Not signed
Marks
No watermark; recto, in ink, lower center: [imitation of Dürer's monogram]; verso, collector's mark in black, in palette: JBJ [J. Burlieigh James; Lugt 1425]; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 195 [Lugt 1870]; in ink: No. 35.
ProvenanceHenry 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 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.