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Venus Wounded by a Thorn

Master of the Die (Italian, active 1530s)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
1532

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 19.4 x 16.9 cm (7 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2560
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 16, indeterminate state (the publication line has been abraded out)
Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900