Bird's-eye View of Siena

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)

Pieter de Jode I (Flemish, about 1570–1634)

Francesco Vanni (Italian, 1563–1610)

Medium/TechniqueEtching

DimensionsPlatemark: 36.9 × 44.7 cm (14 1/2 × 17 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 40.6 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 13/16 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP13320

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ProvenanceThe Reverend John Burleigh James (b. 1811 - d. 1891; Lugt 1425), Knowbury Park, Shropshire; March 19, 1877, his sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, lot 2309, to Wilson for £0.20.0. 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: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.