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Venus Castigating Cupid

Pierre Scalberge (French, 1623–1636)
1638

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 19.6 × 14.4 cm (7 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 19.1 × 14.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4428
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 34, only state; Le Blanc 34
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)