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Shield with a Greyhound, Held by a Wild Man (from the Armorial Shields with Supporters series, 1 of 10 plates)
Martin Schongauer (German, about 1430–1491)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (roundel): 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gordon Abbott and George Peabody Gardner
Accession Number23.1303
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 103; Lehrs 102 (I/I); Hollstein (German, vol. XLIX) 102 (I/I)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: M + S [monogram]
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in brown, in circle: K. S [abraded out]SCHES KUPFERSTICH CABINET; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 30184; in graphite: c.8598; B103; 5; [?]
ProvenanceBefore 1886, Berlin Kupferstichkabinett; 1886, sold as a duplicate. May 25-29, 1914, sale of prints from the collections of Oscar von zur Mühlen, St. Petersburg, Graf Gregor Stroganoff, Rome, and Dr. Ottokar Mascha, Vienna, Amstel & Ruthardt, Berlin, lot 2392 [this impression probably from the collection of Count Grigori Stoganoff (b. 1829 - d. 1910; Lugt 550), Rome]. January 1, 1923, purchased by the MFA for $312. (Accession Date: January 1, 1923)