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The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
1523

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 11.6 x 7.5 cm (4 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3857
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (intaglio) 082; Filedt Kok (New Hollstein) 82, I/I
State Only state
Signed Signed and dated in plate, lower left: L; lower right: 1523
Marks Watermark [not deciphered]; collector's mark stamped in red ink: H. F. S. [Henry Foster Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA accession no. in black ink: 3857.; several notations in graphite [difficult to decipher];
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.