Misero (The Beggar)
Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
(Italian (Ferrarese), active c. 1462 – 1467)
about 1462-1467
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 19.7 × 12 cm (7 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)(including the window mount)
Sheet: 17.5 × 9.8 cm (6 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark, and deceptively window-mounted)
Sheet: 17.5 × 9.8 cm (6 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark, and deceptively window-mounted)
Credit LineGift in memory of Francis Bullard from members of the Visiting Committee and other friends
Accession numberM25947
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Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
ProvenancePossibly Giacomo Durazzo (b. 1717 - d. 1794), Genoa; possibly by descent to Jacopo Durazzo (d. around 1872), Genoa; November 19, 1872, posthumous Jacopo Durazzo sale, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 240, sold for RM 1880 (for the set of 50 prints) to “Clément” [see note 1]. Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin (b. 1825 – d. 1879), Leipzig; December 1, 1879, posthumous Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin sale, C.G. Boerner, Lepizig, lot 1242, sold for RM 1455 (for the set of 50 prints). By 1887, Theodore Irwin (b. 1827 - d. 1902), Oswego, NY; 1900, sold by Theodore Irwin to Joseph F. Sabin and George H. Richmond (dealers), New York; 1900, sold by Irwin and Sabin to J. Pierpont Morgan (b. 1837 - d. 1913), New York [see note 2]; probably given by J. Pierpont Morgan to Junius Spencer Morgan (b. 1867 - d. 1932; Lugt 4791), New York. Brayton Ives (b. 1840 - d. 1914), New York; April 13, 1915, posthumous Brayton Ives sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 552, for $2575 (for the set of 50 prints) to an unidentified English dealer; 1915, sold by that dealer to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: May 1915)
Notes:
[1] Possibly one M. Clement, a print dealer who worked closely with Bibliothèque Nationale de France, of 3, rue des Saints-Pères, Paris.
[2] The sale of Irwin’s collection to Morgan was arranged and brokered by Joseph F. Sabin and George H. Richmond. Though Irwin was aware of the goal of selling to Morgan, it appears that the dealers took legal possession of the collection before re-selling it.
Notes:
[1] Possibly one M. Clement, a print dealer who worked closely with Bibliothèque Nationale de France, of 3, rue des Saints-Pères, Paris.
[2] The sale of Irwin’s collection to Morgan was arranged and brokered by Joseph F. Sabin and George H. Richmond. Though Irwin was aware of the goal of selling to Morgan, it appears that the dealers took legal possession of the collection before re-selling it.
