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A Man Giving Alms to a Beggar Family

Francesco Novelli (Italian, 1767–1836)
After: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1790-1795

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 18.2 x 13.7 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark at the top; with thread margins on the other three sides)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2875
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné from Le Blanc 53
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900