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The Adoration of the Shepherds
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1615
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.3 x 15.6 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7217
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 021 (II); Hollstein 15; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish,Goltzius) 14 (VI/VI)
State
VI/VI
Signed
Signed in plate, upper center: HGoltzius Fecit.
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7217 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: B21_ 3[?] etat.; YW.; avec la date; 30; 4oo; in ink: 43303
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: Cum privil. Sa. Cæ. Mtis./HGoltzius Fecit
I. Matham excud./1615.
I. Matham excud./1615.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)