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Saint John the Baptist

Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 15.7 x 10.7 cm (6 3/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2078
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 054; Lehrs 59 (I/I); Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 54 (I/I)
Signed Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram; the M is abraded]
Marks Watermark: bull's head with Tau-cross; stamp in black, in palette: J. PEOLI [Lugt 2020]; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]
ProvenanceJuan Jorge Peoli (b. 1825 - d. 1893; Lugt 2020), New York; May 8 and following days, 1894, his sale, The American Art Galleries, New York, possibly one of three impressions in lot 2012 [see note]. Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York;1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

[NOTE: The 3 impressions in lot 2012 were cited as The Crucifixion (B. 25), St. John the Evangelist (B. 55), and A soldier with coat of arms (B. 104). It's likely that the cataloguer confused the subject of this impression with St. John the Evangelist.]