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The Cow Drinking
Nicolaes Claas Pietersz. Berchem (Dutch, 1620–1683)
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 28 x 37.6 cm (11 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8330
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 01, i; Hollstein 1, ii
DescriptionAttached to mat, behind the print, is a handwritten chronology of Berchem's work as an etcher by Liphart.
Signed
signed
Marks
Verso, l.l.: Lugt 1309 (Henry F. Sewall, about 1895, New York)
Verso, l.r.: Lugt 1870 (Museum of Fine Arts, Harvey D. Parker Collection) and in black ink, 8330
Verso, l.r. : Lugt 1687 (Karl Eduard von Liphart, b. 1808 - d. 1891, Dorpat, Bonn, and Florence)
Verso, l.r.: Lugt 1870 (Museum of Fine Arts, Harvey D. Parker Collection) and in black ink, 8330
Verso, l.r. : Lugt 1687 (Karl Eduard von Liphart, b. 1808 - d. 1891, Dorpat, Bonn, and Florence)
InscriptionsIn plate, l.l.: N Berchem f.1680
In grahite, verso, l.l.: 3763
In grahpite, verso, l.l.: B. 1 I
In grahite, verso, l.l.: 3763
In grahpite, verso, l.l.: B. 1 I
ProvenanceKarl Eduard von Liphart (b. 1808 - d. 1891; Lugt 1651), Florence; probably December 5, 1876, Liphart sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 243, for RM 20. 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.