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Frontispiece to the Works of Galileo Galilei
Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
1656
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.8 x 16.1 cm (8 9/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 21 x 15.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 in.)
Platemark: 21 x 15.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1182
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme/Massar 0965, only state
Marks
Verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower 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 1900