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Tyranny, Usury and Hypocrisy Fighting Common Sense, Justice and the Word of God

Peter Flötner (German, about 1485–1546)
Formerly attributed to: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Dimensions Sheet: 16.7 x 39.5 cm (6 9/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP200
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein 033; Bartsch app. 033 [Dürer]
Signed Not signed
Marks Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 200 [Lugt 1870]
Inscriptions[inscriptions cut in the block identify the allegorical figures]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)