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Venus Lying with Cupid and a Putto


Venus lying on the grass with two cupids
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, about 1480–1538)
1520–30

Medium/Technique Engraving
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP806
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné New Hollstein e.042 ii/ii; Bartsch 035; Winzinger 161; Waldmann 54; Schm. 34
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.