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The Nativity (from the Life of Christ series)

The Nativity (from the Life of Christ series)

(German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 7.2 x 5.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number18.694
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceMid-19th century, Henry Huth (b. 1815 - d. 1878), London and Wykehurst Park, Sussex; by descent to his son, Alfred Henry Huth (b. 1850 - d. 1910), Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire; July 6, 1911, Huth sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London, lot 258, sold for £13.10 to Bernard Quaritsch, Ltd., London; about 1912, probably sold by Quaritsch to Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard (b. 1883 - d. 1950; Lugt 1318), London and Cortington, Wiltshire [see note]. 1918, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach (dealers), London to the MFA for $126.75. (Acquisition Date: April 5, 2023)

NOTE: Quaritsch's 1912 catalogue, no. 603.