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A Garden Party
A Garden Party

A Garden Party

Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630)
about 1615
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsPlatemark: 10.4 x 11.2 cm (4 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit LinePurchased from Special Print Fund
Accession number33.564
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate LR: EVVELDE fe Later inscriptions or marks: Recto LR stamped in black ink-- mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Lugt 971 Verso LL in graphite pencil: 72...6 [Burchard gives Friedrich August II’s inventory number as 72 056.] Verso LL in graphite pencil: 151 Verso LL in graphite pencil: xProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797 - d. 1854; Lugt 972); by inheritance through the family to Johann-Georg of Saxony (b. 1868 - d. 1938), Freiburg im Breisgau; May 22-24, 1933, sale of works from the August II collection and others, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 717; July 20, 1933, purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 20, 1933)