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Mercury
Étienne Delaune (French, c. 1518–1583)
about 1550-1580
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6.9 × 5.1 cm (2 11/16 × 2 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4227
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 421, only state; IFF 393
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in blue-green ink, the mark of Louis Galichon, Paris (1829-1893)(Lugt 1061); verso, bottom center, 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)
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.