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A Man Playing a Gridiron as a Violin

(French, 1592–1635)
early 17th–mid 17th century
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 6.2 x 8.9 cm (2 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 6 x 8.6 cm (2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP19504.19
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom right, the number "3"
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
about 1660-1700
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late 16th–early 17th century
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Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
mid 17th–late 17th century