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A Satyr and a Woman with Cupid
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6.8 x 8.3 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18243
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
lower right: J.O.
Marks
verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 18243; in graphite: 712
Inscriptionsin plate, lower left to lower right, below image: QVID NON MVNERIBVS FACIT INSATIATA LIBIDOS.
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 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[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.
NOTE:
[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.