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Vulcan Forging Arrows for Cupid

Master F. G. (Italian, active c. 1530–1550)
After: Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, active in France, 1504–1570)
about 1532-1540

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 32 × 42.1 cm (12 5/8 × 16 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 31.7 × 41.9 cm (12 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3723
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 4; Herbet (as "François Gentil?") 6, i/ii
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in gray ink, the mark of The Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.