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Leda and the Swan
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (Italian, active 1539–1574)
mid–1540s
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.9 x 9.1 cm (6 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 140; Massari 17, only state; Illustrated Bartsch 140, only state
Marks
Recto, top left, stamped in black ink, an unidentified collector's mark (similar to, but not identical with, Lugt 2850, an unidentified mark); recto, bottom center, stamped in black ink, an unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 2605); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceTwo unidentified collectors (Lugt 2605 and a mark similar to Lugt 2850); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897