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Laban Searching for Idols

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1665)
about 1635–40

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 31.5 x 40.8 cm (12 3/8 x 16 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 25.3 x 33.9 cm (9 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of George Washington Wales
Accession NumberM1904
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 04; Illustrated Bartsch 04, iv/iv
Marks Verso, center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the MFA Wales Collection (Lugt 2544); verso, bottom left, an octagonal MFA sticker
ProvenanceGeorge Washington Wales, Boston (1815-1896); his gift to the MFA April 15, 1882