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The Choice of Hercules

Adamo Scultori (Italian, about 1530–1587)
After: Giulio Romano (Italian, c. 1499–1546)
1563–65

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 21.3 x 31.5 cm (8 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 19.3 x 28.4 cm (7 5/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1648
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 026; Bellini 20, only state
Marks Verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right-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