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Tobit leaves the table to bury an Israelite

Georg Pencz (German, about 1500–1550)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet at platemark 6 x 9.6 cm (2 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.);
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2359
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 013
ProvenanceSir Thomas Lawrence (b. 1769 - d. 1830; Lugt 2446), London; May 10, 1830, posthumous Lawrence sale, Christie's, London, lot 15. 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 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:

[1] 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.