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View of the Village of St. Denis

Israël Silvestre (French, 1621–1691)
before 1655

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 14 × 31.5 cm (5 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP5449
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Faucheux 290 (1); Le Blanc 702
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTES: [1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.