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Battle of the Amazons (right half)

Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1507 or 1515–about 1565)
1559

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 34.9 × 47.2 cm (13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 31.2 × 43.3 cm (12 5/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1492
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 098 (right half), only state; Robert-Dumesnil 98 (right half), ii/iv; Meyer 98 (right half), ii/iv; IFF (16th cent.) vol. 1, p. 90 (right half), ii/iv; Le Blanc 34 (right half)
DescriptionAfter a bas-relief on an antique sarcophagus
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.