A Tomb Surmounted by the Virgin and Child in an Oval Wreath

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A Tomb Surmounted by the Virgin and Child in an Oval Wreath

Possibly by: Angolo Falconetto (Italian, about 1507–1567)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)

About 1555–65

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 30 x 21.9 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP14320

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

For a discussion of Angiolo Falconetto see David Acton's entry on this artist in Sue Welsh Reed and Richard W. Wallace, Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989), pp. 45-6.

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (Angelo Falcone) 13, i/ii (or a copy?)(the impression in London used in The Illustrated Bartsch is what Bartsch describes as a copy)

Marks Verso, upper left, in pen and black ink, the mark of William Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceWilliam Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897