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The Sea Monster
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
about 1498
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25 × 18.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP335
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 071; Meder 66
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: [Dürer's monogram]
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's inscription in black ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall]; collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall; Lugt 1309]; collector's stamp in black ink: [shell; John Tetlow; Lugt 2868]; MFA Parker stamp in purple (Lugt 1870) with accession number in black ink: 335
ProvenanceJohn Tetlow (b. 1791 - d. 1836; Lugt 2868), Alkrington Hall, Lancashire. Henry Foster Sewall (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)