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"De servi cacciator con studio ed opra..."
Hunting Scene: Hunters Cleaning their Guns
"De servi cacciator con studio ed opra..."
Marco Alvise Pitteri (Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
After: Pietro Longhi (Italian (Venetian), about 1700–1785)
After: Pietro Longhi (Italian (Venetian), about 1700–1785)
about 1740-1760
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 63.6 x 50.4 cm (25 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 63.3 x 50.1 cm (24 15/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 63.3 x 50.1 cm (24 15/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession Number66.353
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
From Ravà 272-277; from Le Blanc 87-92
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in blue-green ink, the mark of the Brentano-Birckenstock Collection, Vianna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceBrentano-Birckenstock Collection (founded 1765 by Johann-Melchior Birckenstock (1738-1809)), Vienna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); probably included in the principal sale of this collection which followed the death in 1869 of Antonia, Birckenstock's only daughter, wife of Franz Brentano, Frankfurt, Prestel, April 4-6,1870; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London; 1966, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd. to the MFA for £100 [see note]. (Accession Date: June 1, 1966)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 66.350-66.353 were purchased for this amount.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 66.350-66.353 were purchased for this amount.