Provenance

Wilhelm Koller (died 1871, Vienna, Lugt 2632); probably included in his sale, Vienna, Posonyi, 5 February 1872 (and following days); Rev. J. Burleigh James (Knowbury Park, Shropshire, England, Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Dr. William Norton Bullard (1853-1931, Boston); by whom given to MFA April 1923.

Credit Line

Gift of William Norton Bullard

Provenance

Fürst Karl Paar (1772-1819, Vienna, Lugt 2009); inherited by his son; probably sold on the eighth or ninth day of his sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1854 (and 13 days following); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876, Paris, Lugt 119); his sale, Paris, Danlos, Delisle, and Pawlowski, 16 April-12 May 1877, lot 720, on 8 May; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876, Paris, Lugt 119); his sale, Paris, Danlos, Delisle, and Pawlowski, 16 April-12 May 1877, lot 722, on 8 May; Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876, Paris, Lugt 119); his sale, Paris, Danlos, Delisle, and Pawlowski, 16 April-12 May 1877, lot 723, on 8 May; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November, 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Cambridge University Library (inventory number AD12.38-211, Lugt 2475); transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1876; probably sold with their duplicates, London, Sotheby's, 2 April 1878 (and following days); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Pierre Mariette, dated 1664 (1634-1716, Paris, Lugt 1788); possibly Jacques Aved (active 18th century; Paris, cf. Lugt 2173); Pierre Remy, dated 1749 (died after 1787, Paris, Lugt 2173); possibly Thomas Major (1720-1799, London, cf. Lugt 2173); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876, Paris, Lugt 119); his sale, Paris, Danlos, Delisle, and Pawlowski, 16 April-12 May 1877, lot 728, on 8 May; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Markings

Recto lower left in black ink-- mark of Edward Vernon Utterson (Lugt 909)
Verso lower left in red ink-- mark of Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309)

Provenance

Edward Vernon Utterson (1775 or 1776-1856, London, Lugt 909); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

James Reiss (1812-1899, Manchester and London, Lugt 1522); his sale, London, Christie's, 6-10 May 1901; Bertram B. Parker; acquired by MFA as partial purchase and partial gift through Robert M. Light (Santa Barbara, CA), February 1982.

Credit Line

Anonymous gift and Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Wilhelm Koller (died 1871, Vienna, Lugt 2632); probably included in his sale, Vienna, Posonyi, 5 February 1872 (and following days); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Beckford (collection dispersed shortly after 1840, London, cf. Lugt 2373 , 2617); possibly Joseph Maberly (1783-1860, London and Cuckfield, Sussex, Lugt 1845); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Unidentified collector A.C. [?]. By 1888, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTES:
[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.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Josiah Bradlee III (b. 1837 - d. 1902) and his wife Alice (neé Crowninshield) Bradlee (b. 1839 - d. 1926), Boston; December 19, 1902, given by Mrs. Josiah Bradlee to the MFA.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Josiah Bradlee

Provenance

William Esdaile (1758-1837, London, Lugt 2617); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Cambridge University Library (inventory number AD1289-374, Lugt 2475); transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1876; probably sold with their duplicates, London, Sotheby's, 2 April 1878 (and following days); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Baron Ludwig Maximilian Freiherr von Biegeleben (1812-1872, Vienna, Lugt 385); George Biörklund (born 1887, Stockholm Lugt 1138c); C. G. Boerner, Düsselforf; purchased from them by MFA, 13 September 1972.

Credit Line

Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Signed

Signed in plate, upper left (very faintly): Rembradt f.

Markings

Verso lower left stamped in black ink-- mark of Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford, Lugt 58
Verso lower left stamped in red ink-- mark of Henry F. Sewall, Lugt 1309
Recto lower right blind stamp-- mark an unidentified collector, cf. Lugt 1920, 1921

Provenance

Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859, London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire, Lugt 58); "M.W." (cf. Lugt 1920, 1921); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Adam GottliebThiermann (died about 1860, Berlin, Lugt 2434); Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (cf. Lugt 1606.); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

verso: graphite inscriptions at bottom left "35/a 10597" and at bottom right "I/ox-"

Markings

verso at bottom left: "H.F.S." red stamp - Sewell
verso "M.F.A./H.D.P. Coll./No. 402" purplish pink stamp with numbers in black pen
verso at bottom left: black ink stamp, initials AF in a triangle - mark of Alfred Seymour, son of Henry Danby Seymour

Provenance

Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877, London and Trent (Sherborne, Dorset), Lugt 176); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897. (Accession Date: June 7, 2017)

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Miss Olive Simes; by whom given to MFA September 13, 1945

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Olive Simes

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Signed in plate Rembrandt. f

Markings

Verso lower left, stamped in black ink -- mark of Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, Lugt 402
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: No 132
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: 23 [encircled]
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: 6224 [? somewhat illegible]

Provenance

Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884, London and Dalkeith, Scotland, Lugt 402); his sale, London, Chrisite's, 9-22 April 1887, lot 1885; Joseph R. Ritman (The Netherlands); Sotheby's and Artemis (New York and London, Ritman Catalogue no. 8); from whom purchased by Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA, 1999; by whom given to MFA, 26 March 2003.

Credit Line

Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in honor of Clifford S. Ackley

Provenance

Clement de Jonghe, in the inventory at his death, February 11, 1679; Pieter de Haan, Amsterdam, and sold at auction (Weyers & Castelein, Amsterdam), March 9, 1767; purchased by Fouquet, agent for Calude-Henri Watelet, 1767, and sold at auction, 1786; purchased by Pierre Francois Basan, 1786; inherited by H. -L. Basan, owner until 1809-10; Acquired by Auguste Jean, 1809-10; inherited by the Veuve Auguste Jean, and sold at her death, 1846; purchased by Michel Bernard, 1846; inherited by Michel Bernard (son of the above), and sold; purchased by M. Alvin-Beaumont, Paris, and sold, 1938; purchased by Robert Lee Humber, Greenville, N. C., 1938; inherited by the sons of Robert Lee Humber, 1970, on permanent loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, and sold, about 1993; purchased by Arhold, Inc. (a member of the Artemis Group), Monte Carlo; from whom purchased (through Robert M. Light) by the MFA, 24 March 1993.

Credit Line

William Francis Warden Fund

Provenance

Nathaniel Smith (2nd half of the 18th century, London, cf. Lugt 2296); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Signed and dated in plate: Rembrant. 1645.

Markings

Verso lower center, stamped in black ink -- mark of Charles C. Cunningham, Jr. (not in Lugt)
Verso lower left, stamped in black ink -- mark of John Webster (Lugt 1554)
Verso lower right, ink pen and brown ink -- mark of John Webster (Lugt 1555)
Verso lower left, in graphite pencil: 38
Verso lower left, in graphite pencil: 130 [crossed out]
Verso lower left, in graphite pencil: 340-4-
Verso lower center, in graphite pencil: GN 32
Verso lower right, in graphite pencil: 2-12-0

Provenance

William Beckford (according to the Webster catalogue; Beckford collection dispersed about 1840); John Webster (1810-1891, Aberdeen, Lugt 1554, 1555); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 May 1889, lot 24; Captain Gordon Nowell-Usticke; his sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 30 April-1 May 1968, lot 217; Charles C. Cunningham, Jr. (not in Lugt, Brookline, MA); British Rail Pension Fund; its sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 June 1987, lot 63, £132,000; C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf; Joseph R. Ritman (The Netherlands); Sotheby's and Artemis (New York and London, Ritman Catalogue no. 9); from whom purchased by Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA, 1999; by whom given to MFA, 26 March 2003.

Credit Line

Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in honor of Clifford S. Ackley

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Dr. William Norton Bullard (1853-1931, Boston); by whom given to MFA April 1923.

Credit Line

Gift of William Norton Bullard

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876, Paris, Lugt 119); his sale, Paris, Danlos, Delisle, and Pawlowski, 16 April-12 May 1877, part of lot 756 (with the other three in the series), on 7 May, 165 Fr. for the lot; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1961, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 20, 1961)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1961, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 20, 1961)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: August 14, 2012)

NOTES:
[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.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1961, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 20, 1961)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen

Provenance

Neville Davison Goldsmid (1814-1875, The Hague, Lugt 1962); probably included in his sale, Paris, Clément, 25-7 April 1876; Hendrikus Egbertus ten Cate (1868-1955, Almelo, The Netherlands, Lugt 533b); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.

Credit Line

Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.

Credit Line

Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Provenance

Adam Gottlieb Thiermann (died about 1860, Berlin, Lugt 2434); Berlin Kupferstchkabinett (cf. Lugt 1606); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Naudet (active about 1800, Paris, Lugt 1937); Horatio Greenough Curtis (died 1922, Boston); given by him to Richard Cary Curtis and Anita G. Curtis, 1917; given by her to MFA, 1956.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Richard Cary Curtis

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Verso, lower ctr., in graphite: B 41.

Provenance

Probably Cronenstern, Schleswig-Holstein; by descent to family of Graf Plessen (possibly Elisabeth Gräfin von Plessen (born 1919, Lehmkuhlen)), Nehmten, Schleswig-Holstein; sold London, Christie's, 10 December 1991, lot 41; to Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt; from whom purchased by MFA, October 1994.

Credit Line

Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865--1959, Boston); by whom given to MFA November 1925.

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Verso upper right in graphite pencil: 22
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: DTMMIISS

Signed

In plate: Rembrandt f. 1641.

Provenance

David Tunick (New York); Joseph R. Ritman (The Netherlands); Sotheby's and Artemis (New York and London, Ritman Catalogue no. 21); purchased by MFA, March 2001.

Credit Line

Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.

Credit Line

Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Lower right: Rembrandt F. 1634

Provenance

1975, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham, Jr., Brookline, MA to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 12, 1975)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham, Jr. in honor of Eleanor A. Sayre

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Probably Frederick Keppel, New York; sold by him to Tracy Dows (born 1871, New York, Lugt 2427); probably sold back to Keppel; Dr. William Norton Bullard, Boston; by whom given to MFA, April 1923.

Credit Line

Gift of William Norton Bullard

Provenance

Gutekunst & Klipstein, Switzerland; from whom purchased, 14 May 1953.

Credit Line

Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

on verso: in black pen ink "F. Rechberger"; red chalk marks in top left corner; graphite inscriptions in bottom right and bottom left corners

Provenance

Franz Rechberger, dated 1799 (1771-1841, Vienna, curator of the cabinet of Count Moriz von Fries and of the Albertina, Lugt 2133); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

PDP Register entry: Date acquired, 12/1/1900 [Exact to month]

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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wheelwright

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Juan Jorge Peoli (b. 1825 - d.1893; Lugt 2020), New York; May 10-11, 1894, Peoli sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 1843, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1894)

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Verso upper center in pen and brown ink: J.B. (This is the collector's mark of John Barnard. It is obscured by another pen and ink mark, probably Gibbs.)
Verso lower left in graphite pencil: 15
Verso center in graphite pencil: 2d imp
Verso lower center in graphite pencil (encircled): 405
Verso lower right in graphite pencil: (B.49) 3 20
Recto lower right in graphite pencil: V (this may be a mark associated with Henri Vever who is said to have owned this print.)

Provenance

John Barnard (died 1784, London, Lugt 1419); probably John Gibbs (mid-19th century, London, cf. Lugt 1081 and 1125); Henri Vever (1854-1943, Paris, cf. Lugt 1381a, 1381b, 2491bis, and 2491ter); appeared Sotheby's London, Summer 1998 [?], as part of a mixed lot but withdrawn; Sotheby's London, December 11, 1998, lot 75; Artemis/Boerner (New York and London); purchased by MFA, March 2001.

Credit Line

Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Rev. J. Burleigh James (Knowbury Park, Shropshire, England, Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

In plate lower center: RHL 1630
Later inscriptions or marks: Verso lower left stamped in purple ink-- mark of Richard Gutekunst, Lugt 2213a
Verso lower right in pen and brown ink-- P Mariette 1674 (mark of Pierre Mariette, cf. Lugt 1790
From Boerner mount: fü 11341/RC’ 30046

Provenance

Pierre Mariette, 1674 (1634-1716, Paris, cf. Lugt 1790); Richard Gutekunst (1870-1961, Stuttgart, London, Bern, Lugt 2213a); [probably sequestered by the British government in 1914 and sold by a public trustee as "the property of an enemy subject" through Garland-Smith & Co., London, 2-3 December, 1920]; sold by Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 February 1980, lot 1034; C. G. Boerner/Artemis, New York & London; from whom purchased, June 2000.

Credit Line

Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTES:
[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.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891, Dorpat, Bonn, and Florence, Lugt 1687); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.

Credit Line

Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

John Heywood Hawkins (about 1800-about 1870); P. & D. Colnaghi, Ltd., London; A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York; from whom purchased by MFA, June 1916.

Credit Line

Gift of the Visiting Committee

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

1917, sold by James Reiss, Keppel and Co., Inc., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1917)

Credit Line

Special Print Fund (Keppel & Co.)

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891, Dorpat, Bonn, and Florence, Lugt 1687); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Recto lower left in graphite pencil: 54•9-
Recto lower right in graphite pencil: 33

Signed

In the plate lower right: Rembrandt. 1654

Provenance

Unidentified French collection, probably assembled in the 18th century; sold Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1990, lot 114 (illustrated); Joseph R. Ritman (The Netherlands); Sotheby's and Artemis (See Ritman collection catalogue [1995], item 33, illustrated); purchased from Artemis/Boerner by MFA, June 2001.

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Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

H. Wunderlich; from whom purchased by MFA, 11 January 1900.

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Bought of H. Wunderlich

Provenance

Rev. J. Burleigh James (Knowbury Park, Shropshire, England, Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Possibly J. Lowndes (active 19th century, London, Lugt 1484); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Sold London, Sotheby's, November 30, 1989, lot 154; to R. E. Lewis, Larkspur Landing, CA; from whom purchased by MFA, December 1990.

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Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

A. Mathey; William H. Schab, New York; from whom purchased by MFA December 8, 1949

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William A. Sargent Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Francis Bullard (1862-1913, Boston, Lugt 982); to his sister Katherine Eliot Bullard (1866-1920, Boston); to their brother Dr. William Norton Bullard (1853-1931, Boston); by whom given to MFA, April 1923.

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Gift of William Norton Bullard

Provenance

Miss Olive Simes; by whom given to MFA September 13, 1945

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Gift of Miss Olive Simes

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.

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Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Provenance

Robert Dighton (about 1752-1814, London, Lugt 727); probably with Frederick Keppel & Co. (New York, cf. Lugt 1023); Tracy Dows (born 1871, New York, Lugt 2427); sold by him, to Frederick Keppel & Co. (New York, cf. Lugt 1023), February 1911; S. S. Rosenstamm (1860- about 1919, New York, Lugt 2839); his sale, New York, American Art Galleries, 27 January 1920, lot 75, 200 dollars; Lee Max Friedman (1871-1957, Boston); given to MFA by his estate, 13 November 1958.

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Gift of the Estate of Lee M. Friedman

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall, N.Y., date acquired:1897

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock (founded 1765 by Johannn-Melchior Birckenstock (1738-1809), Vienna and Frankfurt, Lugt 345); sold following the death in 1869 of Antonia, Birckenstock's only daughter, wife of Franz Brentano, Frankfurt, Prestel, 16 May 1870 and following days, lot 1329; bought by Marseille Holloway (died about 1910, London, Lugt 1875); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Hermann Weber (1817-1854, Bonn, Lugt 1383); probably included in his sale, Leipzig, Weigel, 28 April 1856 and following days; Dr. August Sträter (1810-1897, Aachen, Lugt 787); probably included in his sale, Stuttgart, H. G. Gutekunst, 10-14 May 1898; Richard Gutekunst (1870-1961, Stuttgart, London, Bern, Lugt 2213a); [probably sequestered by the British government in 1914 and sold by a public trustee as "the property of an enemy subject" through Garland-Smith & Co., London, 2-3 December, 1920]; Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935, New York, Lugt 2936); sold by his widow; R. E. Lewis, Belvedere, CA; from whom purchased by MFA, September 1999.

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Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Probably sold Berlin, Amsler & Ruthardt, 1884; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Ernst F. Oppermann (2nd half of the 19th century, Berlin, Lugt 887); his sale, Berlin, Amsler & Ruthardt, 15 May 1882 and following days; sold, Berlin, Amsler & Ruthhardt, April 1905; purchased there by MFA.

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Museum purchase

Inscription

Lower left: Rembrandt F. 1642 (2 reversed)

Provenance

Carl Benjamin Brüsaber (b. 1815 - d. 1876, Hamburg, Lugt 309); 28 April 1873, probably included in Brüsaber sale, H. Sagert & Co. (Berlin, Germany) and following days; to Emil Schröter (d. about 1912, Lugt 2270) Dresden; 7-11 May 1912, Schröter Collection sale, Stuttgart, H. G. Gutekunst, lot 937, 72 marks; 1912, sold to The Nasrudin Gallery (Boston, MA); 1976, sold by The Nasrudin Gallery to MFA. (Accession Date: November 16, 1976)

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Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Nicolaes Visscher, Amsterdam;Claude-Henri Watelet, and sold at auction, 1786; purchased by Pierre Francois Basan, 1786; inherited by H. -L. Basan, owner until 1809-10; Acquired by Auguste Jean,1809-10; Inherited by the Veuve Auguste Jean, and sold at her death, 1846; purchased by Michel Bernard, 1846; Inherited by Michel Bernard (son of the above), and sold; purchased by M. Allvin-Beaumont, Paris, and sold, 1938; purchased by Robert Lee Humber, Greenville, N. C., 1938; inherited by the sons of Robert Lee Humber, 1970, on permanent loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, and sold, 1993; purchased by Arhold, Inc. (a member of the Artemis Group), Monte Carlo; from whom purchased (through Robert M. Light) by the MFA, 24 March 1993.

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William Francis Warden Fund

Provenance

Adam Gottlieb Thiermann (died about 1860, Berlin, Lugt 2434); Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (cf. Lugt 1606); Julius Rosenberg (1845-1900, Copenhagen, Lugt 1519); probably included in his sale, Leipzig, C. G. Boerner, 1-2 May 1901; Marsden Jasael Perry (1850-1935, Providence, RI, Lugt 1880); Dr. William Norton Bullard; given by him to MFA, April 1923.

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Gift of William Norton Bullard

Provenance

P. Gervaise (died 1860, Paris, Lugt 1078); probably included in his sale, Paris, Vignères, 26-28 November 1860. Josiah Bradlee III (b. 1837 - d. 1902) and his wife Alice (neé Crowninshield) Bradlee (b. 1839 - d. 1926), Boston; December 19, 1902, given by Mrs. Josiah Bradlee to the MFA.

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Gift of Mrs. Josiah Bradlee

Provenance

Heneage Finch, Fifth Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859, London & Warwickshire, Lugt 58); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Falkeisen und Huber, Basel (dealers; Lugt 1008). By 1888, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: August 14, 2012)

NOTES:
[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.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Horatio G. Curtis (Boston); given by him to MFA, June 1913.

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Gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Chevalier de Damery (died about 1803 [?], Paris, Lugt 2862); Calonne (active early 19th century [?]); William Edwards (died 1821, London, Lugt 2616); William Esdaile (1758-1837, London, Lugt 2617); Alexander Emil Posonyi (1839-1899, Vienna, Lugt 2040-1); Horatio Greenough Curtis (died about 1923, Boston); Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis; bequeathed by her to MFA, June or July 1927, received September 1940.

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Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis

Provenance

Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910, London and Arlesford, Lugt 1227); possibly included in his sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-20 June 1891; probably with Kennedy & Co., New York; Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935, New York, Lugt 2936); sold by his widow; sold, New York, Sohey Parke-Bernet, 10 May 1973; there purchased by MFA.

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Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877, London and Trent (Sherborne, Dorset), Lugt 176); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877, London and Trent (Sherborne, Dorset), Lugt 176); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Dukes of Arenberg, Brussels and Nordkirchen (Lugt 567); July 14, 1902, Duke of Arenberg sale, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, probably lot 399, sold to Kennedy. Albert W. Blum (b. 1882 - d. 1952), Switzerland and Short Hills, NJ (Lugt 79b). 1977, sold by August Laube (dealer), Zürich, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 1977)

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Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard and Bequest of Mrs. Russell W. Baker

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTES: [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.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

William Sharp (mid 19th century, Manchester, England, Lugt 2650); probably sold London, Sotheby's, 1 March 1878 and following days; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Verso upper left in graphite pencil: 081902088XT
Verso lower right in graphite pencil: #67/299

Provenance

Galerie Michael, Beverly Hills; by whom given to the MFA, 24 March 2003

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Gift of Galerie Michael

Provenance

William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 1963)

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Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Baron Charles Marochetti (1805-1867, Turin, Paris, London, Lugt 392); probably included in his sale, London, Sotheby's, 31 March 1868 and following days; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

Credit Line

Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Inscription

Signed and dated in plate: Rembrandt . f 1654 (the 'a' in reverse)

Markings

Verso upper left, in graphite pencil: 3 [? somewhat illegible]
Verso lower center, in graphite pencil: B. 83

Provenance

C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, catalogue 69 (1978), no. 43; Joseph R. Ritman (The Netherlands); Sotheby's and Artemis (New York and London, Ritman Catalogue no. 48); from whom purchased by Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA, 1999; by whom given to MFA, 26 March 2003.

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Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in honor of Clifford S. Ackley

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); from whom purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.

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Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Provenance

1925, gift of Ellen Twistleton Bullard (b. 1865 - d. 1959), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1925)

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Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard

Provenance

Ernst Peter Otto [?] (1724-1799, Leipzig, Lugt 895); to his widow; to their son-in-law Mr. Clauss; possibly included in the third Otto sale, Leipzig, Weigel, 17 May 1852 and following days; Wilhelm Koller (died 1871, Vienna, Lugt 2632); probably included in his sale, Vienna, Posonyi, 5 February 1872 (and following days); Francis Bullard (1862-1913, Boston, Lugt 982); to his sister Katherine Eliot Bullard (1866-1920, Boston); to their brother Dr. William Norton Bullard (1853-1931, Boston); his gift to MFA, April 1923.

Credit Line

Gift of William Norton Bullard

Markings

Verso lower left lightly stamped in black ink-- mark of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Lugt 1227
Verso lower left stamped in black ink-- mark of Paul Davidsohn, Lugt 654

Provenance

Sir Francis Seymour Haden (b. 1818 - d. 1910), London and Arlesford; possibly included in his sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-20 June 1891; Paul Davidsohn (b. 1839 - d. 1927), London and Berlin; his third sale, Leipzig, C. G. Boerner, 26-29 April 1921, lot 81;William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1960, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: January 11, 1961)

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Gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen