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Christ Entering Jerusalem

One of the Perelles (French, active 1625–1695)
Published by: Pierre Drevet (French, 1663–1738)
about 1685-1695

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 24.6 × 31.2 cm (9 11/16 × 12 5/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4689
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Recto, bottom right, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsApparently engraved in the plate and then almost completely abraded, bottom center, "44"
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)