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The Calumny of Apelles

Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582)
After: Luca Penni (Italian, 1500–1556)
1560

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 35.7 x 32.2 cm (14 1/16 x 12 11/16 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark at the top and sides, and lacking c. 11 mm at the bottom)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1677
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 64; Boorsch and Lewis 27, iii/vi; Bellini 40, iii(b)/vi
Marks Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900