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The Virgin and Child
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
Copied after: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
mid 16th–mid 17th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9.4 x 5.7 cm (3 11/16 x 2 1/4 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13713
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 4 (copy in reverse)
Marks
Verso, upper center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Richard Ford, London (1796-1858)(Lugt 937), 1828, with his additional notation "Bernardino Custi / rare"; verso of window mount, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, bottom right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsEtched or engraved in the plate, lower right, the monogram "IBC" or LBC" with the initials superimposed (not in Nagler, Monogrammisten)
ProvenanceRichard Ford, London (1796-1858)(Lugt 937), 1828; Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897