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Saint James the Lesser (from the Apostles series, 1 of 12 plates)
Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.8 x 4.6 cm (3 7/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 040; Lehrs 52 (I/I); Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 52 (I/I)
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in black ink: [crown] PAAR [ Prince Karl de Paar; Lugt 2009]; collector's stamp in blue ink: [coat-of-arms] CABINET/LOUIS GALICHON [in scroll; Lugt 1061]; collector's stamp in black ink, in oval: GALICHON [Emile Galichon; Lugt 1058]; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 2062; in graphite: 40
ProvenancePrince Karl de Paar (b. 1772 - d. 1819; Lugt 2009), Vienna. Emile Galichon (b. 1829 - d. 1875; Lugt 1061), Paris; March 4-9, 1895, Galichon sale, Danlos, Paris, lot 1060 (all 12 engravings in the Apostles series). Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 7, 2017)
NOTES: [1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTES: [1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.