Signed
and dated on plaque, lower right: 15[the 5 backwards] 16/[winged dragon]
Marks
watermark [not identified]; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA stamp (twice); in faded ink: 2019; in graphite: G97; [?]
Provenance
Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York); from whom purchased by the MFA November 1897
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection
Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness
1516
- Lucas Cranach, the Elder, German, 1472–1553
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (relief) 060; Hollstein 85
Accession Number
P2019
Medium or Technique
Woodcut [not chiaroscuro version]