Temptation of Saint Anthony
Martin Schongauer
(German, about 1430–1491)
about 1470–75
Medium/TechniqueEngraving on cream laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 30.6 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz and Duplicate Print Fund
Accession number23.1393
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ProvenanceNarcisse Révil (b. 1779 - d. 1844; Lugt 2138), Paris; March 26-28, 1838, Révil sale, Hotel des Ventes, Paris, lot 235, sold for fr. 350. François Debois (d. about 1845; Lugt 985), Paris; April 21-26, 1845, Debois sale, Hotel des Ventes, Paris, lot 1083, sold for fr. 565. Henry James Brooke (b. 1771 - d. 1857; Lugt 1324), Clapham Rise, near London; May 23-28, 1853, Brooke sale, Sotheby and Wilkinson, London, lot 773, sold for £25 to Graves. Arkady Nicolayevitch Alferoff (b. 1811 - d. 1872; Lugt 1727), Bonn; May 10-13, 1869, Alferoff sale, Hotel de Frohsinn, Munich, lot 710. Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin (Lugt 2482); deaccessioned from the Kupferstichkabinett; March 6, 1899, Kupferstichkabinett doubles sale, Amsler and Ruthardt, Berlin, lot 1883. Paul Davidsohn (b. 1839 - d. 1927?), London, Vienna, and Berlin; April 26-29, 1921, 3rd Davidsohn sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 785. P and D Colnaghi, London. 1923, sold by FitzRoy Carrington (b. 1869 - d. 1954), Niantic, CT, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1923)
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