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

Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
After: Francesco Francia (Italian, 1450–1517)

1516

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 25.4 x 17.5 cm (10 x 6 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Gift of Amory Coolidge

Accession Number43.1385

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Both Bartsch and Passavant describe this print as being dated 1518 in the plate. This impression, however, is dated 1516.

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XIV.056.051; Passavant 19, i/ii

Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of James Reiss, Manchester and London (1812-1899)(Lugt 1522); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

ProvenanceThomas Jefferson Coolidge (b. 1863 - d. 1912; cf. Lugt 1429), Boston; by descent to his son, Amory Coolidge (b. 1895 - d. 1952), Boston; December 9, 1943, gift of Amory Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1943)