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Bacchanal

Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
Published by: Philippe Huart (French, about 1605–after 1670)
about 1650-1675

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 26.8 x 37.7 cm (10 9/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 25.5 x 36.3 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7083
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso, bottom left, 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 (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsVerso, upper center, in pen and brown ink, "B I F / Rogers's Sale / 1799"
ProvenanceCharles Rogers, London (1711-1784)(cf. Lugt 624-626); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897