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Sun (from a Planets series)
Johann Ladenspelder (German, about 1511–1560)
1548
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 8.5 x 5.8 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 8.9 x 6.2 cm (3 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 8.9 x 6.2 cm (3 1/2 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession NumberM27574
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 055
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: [monogram]; dated in plate, upper left: 1548
Marks
Verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: s7574
Provenance17th or 18th century, probably purchased by either Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1621 - d. 1668), or his son Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1656 - d. 1733), Wilton House; by descent to their heirs, including Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1880 - d. 1960), who sold 16 albums that contained the print collection; July 5-6, 1917, Wilton House sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 101, purchased for £2 by the MFA. (Accession Date: October, 1917)