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Aeneas's Soldiers Fighting the Servants of King Latinus
Giovanni Battista Fontana (Italian, about 1524–1587)
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 31 x 42 cm (12 3/16 x 16 9/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13746
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 52
Marks
Verso, left center, in pen and black ink, the mark of William Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); verso, bottom right-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left-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