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Venus and Adonis

Michel Dorigny (French, 1617–1665)
After: Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649)
1643

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 24.3 x 15.7 cm (9 9/16 x 6 3/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1295
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 91, only state; IFF 91; Le Blanc 40
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his gift to the MFA June 12, 1900