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Death of the Virgin (from the Life of the Virgin series)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Related to: Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Related to: Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.3 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Peabody Gardner
Accession Number16.475
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 040; Lehrs 060 (I/I); Geisberg 125; Hollstein (German) 60
Signed
Signed in plate twice: IVM [on bucket at the foot of the bed]; lower center: Israhel . v. m
Marks
Watermark: hand; verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 26123; collector's stamp in black, in circle: AM [Alfred Morrison, Lugt 151]; in graphite: c. 438; 8
ProvenanceJoseph Maberly (b. 1783 - d. 1869; Lugt 1845), London and Cuckfield (Sussex); May 26 - 30, 1851, his sale, Sotheby & Wilkinson, lot 348, sold for £20 to Dingmore. Alfred Morrison (b. 1821 - d. 1897; Lugt 151), London and Fonthill. P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach (dealers), London; February 1, 1916, purchased from them for £75 by the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1916)