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The Temptation of the Idler (The Dream of the Doctor)

(German, 1471–1528)
1497–98
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 18.7 × 12 cm (7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP340
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)
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