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The Virgin and Child on a Crescent
The Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ
The Coronation of the Virgin
The Virgin and Child on a Crescent
The Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, about 1480–1538)
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19171
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein w.040; Bartsch 040; Winzinger 25
ProvenancePossibly Giacomo Durazzo (b. 1717 - d. 1794), Genoa; possibly by descent to Jacopo Durazzo (d. around 1872), Genoa; November 19, 1872, posthumous Jacopo Durazzo sale, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 134, sold for RM 10 (for the set of 39 prints), possibly to Gutekunst. [see note 1]. Henry 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 2]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTES:
[1] The prints bear no Durazzo marks, but the ledger of the Sewall Collection notes a Durazzo provenance for the set. The Durazzo sale catalogue includes a set that matches these prints exactly, including a description of the mounts and a note that the set is lacking one print, as does the Sewall set. The copy of the catalogued scanned for Art Sales Catalogue Online includes a notation that the lot may have sold to Gutekunst.
[2] 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.
NOTES:
[1] The prints bear no Durazzo marks, but the ledger of the Sewall Collection notes a Durazzo provenance for the set. The Durazzo sale catalogue includes a set that matches these prints exactly, including a description of the mounts and a note that the set is lacking one print, as does the Sewall set. The copy of the catalogued scanned for Art Sales Catalogue Online includes a notation that the lot may have sold to Gutekunst.
[2] 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.