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St. Peter Showing Heaven to the Blessed

Marcantonio Bellavia (Italian, active about 1668–70)
about 1665–75

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 12.4 x 9.4 cm (4 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 12 x 9.1 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3893
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
This impression has the inscribed numer "VIII" as described in Bartsch's first state, but it also has, in the lower right corner, the inscription "MB:I", which is not mentioned by Bartsch. It is therefore an intermediate state between i/ii and ii/ii (unless Bartsch overlooked the inscription "MB:I", which is very lightly etched.

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 28 (see Notes)
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896), New York (Lugt 1309); verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870).
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (1816-1896), New York (Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897.