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Mater Purissima
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The Virgin Mary
Mater Purissima
Marco Alvise Pitteri (Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
about 1740-1760
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 41.8 x 30 cm (16 7/16 x 11 13/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3984
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ravà 018; Le Blanc 3? (but cf. Ravà 19, which describes the plate of this subject after Pittoni as being in quarto)
Marks
Verso, left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897