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Jupiter


The Seven Planets
Attributed to: Barthel Beham (German, 1503–1540)
Attributed to: Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)
Attributed to: Georg Pencz (German, about 1500–1550)
1531

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Dimensions Overall (inner block): 30.4 × 21.1 cm (11 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Overall (woodcut frame): 35.5 × 23.5 cm (14 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Otis Norcross Fund and Helen Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number53.124
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Pauli 905; Hollstein 905
Signed Not signed
Marks Watermark (but not deciphered); verso: collector's stamp in gray: F. [shield with crown above] L [Princes of Liechtenstein; Lugt 4398]; in graphite: P. 186; L 232; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 53.124
InscriptionsLetterpress in woodcut border, in cartouche lower center: Jupiter
ProvenancePrinces of Liechtenstein Collection. Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. about 1883 - d. 1983), Forest Hills, NY; 1953, sold by Zinser to the MFA for $5000 [see note]. (Accession Date: February 12, 1955)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 53.123-129 were purchased for this amount.