The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist

Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, 1599–1676)
After: Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)

1647

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut on bluish paper, printed from two blocks in tan and black

Dimensions Sheet: 18.7 x 16.4 cm (7 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 17.8 x 15.3 cm (7 x 6 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number1975.586

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.061.20, ii/ii; Takahatake 10, Variant a, only state

Marks Verso, upper left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Collection (not in Lugt)

InscriptionsIn block, l.l.: G.R.In./B.C./Eq./F./1647

ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975