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Portrait of André Thevet
Thomas de Leu (French, about 1555–about 1612)
about 1575-1590
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.1 × 14.5 cm (8 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4259
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 495, ii/ii; IFF 392, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Claude-Augustin Mariette, Paris (b. 1652)(Lugt 1786), 1694; verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.