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Portrait of Galileo Galilei

Ottavio Leoni (Italian, 1578–1630)
1624

Medium/Technique Engraving and stipple
Dimensions Sheet: 14.5 x 11.1 cm (5 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.)(height)(trimmed within platemark at sides)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13805
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 27
Marks Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897