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A Shepherd Behind a Tree
Karel Dujardin (Dutch, 1622–1678)
1656
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.4 x 18.9 cm (5 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 13.9 x 18.5 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 13.9 x 18.5 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
The inscription in the upper left corner of the plate has been effaced in this impression.
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 23; Hollstein 23, apparently iii/iii, although the vertical dimension of the plate has been reduced to 13.9 cm, not the 12.7 cm described in Hollstein, so that possibly this is an intermediate state between ii/iii and iii/iii.
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900