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The Nativity

Unidentified artist
Copied after: Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 25.3 x 16.7 cm (9 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Other (engraved borderline): 25.2 x 16.6 cm (9 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2042
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné after Schongauer's Lehrs 5
Signed Signed in plate, lower center: M + S (copied after Schongauer's monogram)
Marks Watermark: three mounds with cross and star [like Lehrs, vol. V, p. 397, fig. 16]; verso, collector's stamp, in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in graphite: B.4.; in red pencil: ICCO X; green paint stain
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)