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An Old Man Reading the Newspaper


Vieillard lisant la gazette
Jacques Dassonville (French, 1619–1670)
about 1650-1670

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 8.5 x 9.4 cm (3 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 8.1 x 9.2 cm (3 3/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4378
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 25, only state; IFF 25; Le Blanc 25
Marks Verso, lower left, in pen and black ink, the mark of William Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceWilliam Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897