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Cupid Holding a Hammer and Tongs

Gérard Audran (French, 1640–1703)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
about 1666-1672

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 23 x 30 cm (9 1/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 21.9 x 29.1 cm (8 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)(triangular, with two curved sides)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB306
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné From IFF (17th) 113-126; Robert-Dumesnil 117; from Meyer 71; from Le Blanc 164-177
Marks Verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, right center, 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