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Mercury Turning Battus into Stone
Herman van Swanevelt (Netherlandish, about 1600–1655)
mid 17th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.6 x 26.1 cm (7 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)(with c. 2 mm margin at the top; trimmed on the platemark on the other three sides)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP8092
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 96; Hollstein 17, ii/v [recte ii/iv, as Hollstein's third and fourth states are numbered "iv" and "v"]
Marks
Verso, lower left, in pen and black ink, the mark of William Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); verso, bottom center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceWilliam Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897