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Proserpina Changing Aesculapius into an Owl

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Enea Vico (Italian, 1523–1567)
mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.7 x 23.3 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3610
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 045 (copy noted by Bartsch)
Marks Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900