The Conversion of Saint Paul

Matteo di Giovanni, c. 1430 – 1495

about 1455-1475

Medium/TechniqueNiello

DimensionsSheet: 15.3 × 12 cm (6 × 4 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 12.4 × 8.3 cm (4 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)(rounded at top)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP943

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InscriptionsThere is an inscription in Italian on the verso, attributing the print to Maso Finiguerra.ProvenanceHenry James Brooke (b. 1771 - d. 1857; cf. Lugt 1324), London; May 23 1853, and following days, Brooke sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 593, for £0.4.6. [see note 1] Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE 1: The print does not bear the mark of the Brooke collection, but the manuscript ledger of Henry Sewall's collection that is preserved in the MFA Archives notes that this print was in that collection.

NOTE 2: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.