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The Baptism of Christ
The Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ

Master HOS with the knife (also known as Master BOS with the knife) (Dutch, active in 1475–1500)
about 1490–1500
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 15.8 x 12.0 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession numberM27575
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceJohn Barnard (d. 1784; Lugt 1419), London; April 16 and following days, 1798, his sale, under the direction of Thomas Philipe, London, lot 34 [see note]. After April, 1798, the Earls of Pembroke, Wilton House; by descent to their heirs, including Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1880 - d. 1960), who sold 16 albums that contained the print collection; July 5-6, 1917, Wilton House sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 11, purchsed for £31 by the MFA. (Accession Date: October, 1917)

Note: This impression does not have Barnard's mark on the verso. The information that it was in his collection comes from Lehrs, in the Geschichte und Kritischer Katalog des Deutschen, Niederländischen und Französischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert, vol. VII, p. 364. The 1798 auction catalogue of Barnard's collection, listing an engraving ofthis title by "bos", is online.