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The Dormition of the Virgin
The Death of the Virgin
The Dormition of the Virgin
Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.6 x 17 cm (10 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2061
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 033; Lehrs 16; Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 16
State
II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks
Watermark: gothic p with flower; verso, collector's stamp in blue: [coat-of-arms] CABINET/LOUIS GALICHON [in scroll; Lugt 1061]; collector's stamp in black: [unidentified]; and collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]
ProvenanceLouis Galichon (b. 1829 - d. 1893; Lugt 1061), Paris; March 4-9, 1895, his sale, Danlos (dealer), Paris, lot 1059; Henry 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)