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Stallion Attempting to Mate
Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
1534
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Other (woodcut border): 22.4 x 33.7 cm (8 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 23.6 x 35.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 23.6 x 35.2 cm (9 5/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18921
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 058; Curjel 82; Hollstein 240; Yale 85
Signed
Signed and dated in block, lower right, on tablet: BALDVNG/FECIT/1534
Marks
Watermark[?]; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 18921; in graphite: 58; 2 [underlined]
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[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.
NOTE:
[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.