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Virgin Kneeling before the Christ Child (with the Infant St. John the Baptist)
Pierre Brebiette (French, about 1598–1642)
After: Andrea del Sarto (Italian (Florentine), 1486–1530)
Published by: Augustin Quesnel (French, active 1636–1644)
After: Andrea del Sarto (Italian (Florentine), 1486–1530)
Published by: Augustin Quesnel (French, active 1636–1644)
about 1630-1640
Medium/Technique
Etching, after a painting by Andrea del Sarto
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.1 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of Sue Welsh Reed
Accession Number2016.844
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 012; Le Blanc 5
Marks
Recto, bottom, stamped in gray ink, the mark of Earl Spencer, Althorp (Lugt 2341a)
InscriptionsLeft margin: stamp of Spencer collection
ProvenanceJohn Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (b. 1734 – d. 1783), Althorp, England (Lugt 2341a). About 1970s or 1980s, acquired by Sue Welsh Reed, Cambridge, MA [see note]; 2016, year-end gift of Sue Welsh Reed to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 2017)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1996 (loan no. L-T 91.3.1996).
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1996 (loan no. L-T 91.3.1996).