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The Organ Player and his Wife (from the Scenes of Daily Life series)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.6 x 11 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2178
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 507 (II); Hollstein-Koreny 507 (II); Geisberg 409; Bartsch 175
State
II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower margin, center: . I . M .
Marks
Watermark: gothic p with flower; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; in black ink: Robert Balmanno FSA London 1829 [Lugt 213]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, on rim of bowl hanging on the wall: [?]
ProvenanceRobert Balmanno (b. 1780 - d. 1866; Lugt 213), London and New York; 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)