Ceres Mocked by Stellio
Karel van Mander III
(Netherlandish, 1610–1670)
Adam Elsheimer
(German, 1578–1610)
undated
Medium/TechniqueEtching
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP9134
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ProvenanceCharles Howard Hodges (b. 1764 - d. 1837; Lugt 552), Amsterdam. Carl Schöffer (b. 1841 - d. 1915; cf. Lugt 3009), Amsterdam; May 30, 1893, Carl Schöffer sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, lot 507, sold for Fl. 5.25 to "M." [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 2].
NOTE 1: The print does not bear Schöffer's mark, but the manuscript ledger of Henry Sewall's collection preserved in the MFA Archives notes that this print came from 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.
NOTE 1: The print does not bear Schöffer's mark, but the manuscript ledger of Henry Sewall's collection preserved in the MFA Archives notes that this print came from 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.
Karel van Savoyen
