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Orpheus at the Entrance to Hades
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Or: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Copied after: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Or: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Copied after: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
early 16th–mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.7 x 6.3 cm (3 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 8.6 x 6 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 8.6 x 6 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1251
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XIV.208.259 (copy in reverse); Passavant 62 (copy in reverse; Passavant attributes this copy to a German artist)
Marks
Verso, bottom left, 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)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897