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A Roman Sacrifice

1459 (?)

Medium/Technique Niello
Dimensions Sheet: 3.5 × 4.1 cm (1 3/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 3.3 × 3.7 cm (1 5/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP930
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hind (Nielli) 281
DescriptionHind believes that the date is a later addition. A note on the mat says that this impression was pulled by P. & D. Colnaghi c. 1860.
Marks Verso, center left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.