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The Crowning with Thorns (from the Large Passion of Christ series)


Christ Crowned with Thorns
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 20.5 x 14.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2150
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Lehrs 146; Hollstein-Koreny 146; Geisberg 76; Bartsch 14
State IV[?]
Signed Signed in plate, lower center: I M
Marks Watermark: fleur de lis with crown [like Lehrs, vol. 9, p. 499, fig. 18]; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in graphite: 128; van Mecken; 71530; y.c.[?]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)