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The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Two Angels Contending with Demons)

(German, 1471–1528)
(German, about 1480–1522)
about 1507
Medium/TechniqueBrush with black and gray wash on dark cream laid paper, mounted down
DimensionsSheet: 31.8 x 41.8 cm (12 1/2 x 16 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number97.623
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: August 14, 2012)

NOTES:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.

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