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A Masked Actor Playing the Guitar


Le Comédien masqué jouant de la guitare
Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)
1620s

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 6.8 x 8.3 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 6.5 x 8 cm (2 9/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19504.20
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Meaume 767; Lieure 0425, i/ii
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in gray ink, the mark of The Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, center, stamped in violet ink (almost completely faded), the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceThe Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897