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The Alchemists


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Georges Reverdy (French, active 1529–1564)
about 1530-1560

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 17 × 26.5 cm (6 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3178
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 39, only state; Illustrated Bartsch 39; IFF 37; Le Blanc 52; Passavant 50
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 208)m Paris; by whom given to MFA June 12, 1900