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Circular Landscape with a Couple Sitting Under a Tree

One of the Perelles (French, active 1625–1695)
Published by: Pierre Mariette I (French, about 1603–1657)
Or: Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634–1716)
about 1638-1695

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 26.7 × 26.5 cm (10 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 21.9 × 21.8 cm (8 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4662
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, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsA number engraved in the plate, top left (possibly "5"), has been partially effaced.
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)