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The Baptism of Christ (from the Life of Christ series)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 x 5 cm (2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Number17.3415
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 077 (I/III); Geisberg 042; Hollstein-Koreny 77 (I/VI)
State
I
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Verso, in ink: P.J.S. [Paul J. Sachs; Lugt 2091]; in graphite: FOX; [small triangle]; A 67775
ProvenanceMid-19th century, Henry Huth (b. 1815 - d. 1878), London and Wykehurst Park, Sussex; by descent to his son, Alfred Henry Huth (b. 1850 - d. 1910), Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire; July 6, 1911, Huth sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London, lot 264, sold for £13 to Frederick Keppel and Co., New York for Paul J. Sachs (b. 1878 - d. 1965; Lugt 2091), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Paul J. Sachs to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 30, 2023)