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The Virgin and Child with Abbott

The Virgin and Child with Abbott

(German, 15th century)
(German, active 1440–1468)
1477
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 30.6 x 23.1 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP880
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, above engraved border, upper center: ludwicus abbas anno domini [1477, in gothic script]; in banderole above abbot's head: jesu verbum sumi patris serua seruos tue matris
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
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