Joseph Adoring the Christ Child, Who is Held by Mary

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Joseph Adoring the Christ Child, Who is Held by Mary

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804)

about 1750-1753

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 18.9 x 24.4 cm (7 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)(with a thread margin at the bottom; trimmed to or slightly within the platemark on the other three sides)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession NumberB3495.4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Knox 096, ii/ii (with the number "9"); Rizzi 75, only state; de Vesme 9

Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left, 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