The Cow Drinking

Nicolaes Claas Pietersz. Berchem (Dutch, 1620–1683)

Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint

DimensionsSheet: 28 x 37.6 cm (11 x 14 13/16 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP8330

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InscriptionsIn plate, l.l.: N Berchem f.1680 In grahite, verso, l.l.: 3763 In grahpite, verso, l.l.: B. 1 I

ProvenanceKarl Eduard von Liphart (b. 1808 - d. 1891; Lugt 1651), Florence; probably December 5, 1876, Liphart sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 243, for RM 20. 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]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.