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The Judgment of Solomon

Georges Reverdy (French, active 1529–1564)
about 1530-1560

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 8.8 × 12.8 cm (3 7/16 × 5 1/16 in.)(trimmed within the borderline)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1500
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Bartsch; IFF 2; Le Blanc 6; Passavant 6, only state
Marks Verso, bottom center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
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]. (Acquisition 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.