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A Shepherd Playing the Musette
French
about 1640
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.8 × 14.1 cm (8 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.960
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 1066, only state; Duplessis 1364, only state; IFF 1364; Le Blanc 758
DescriptionShepherd, playing a cornemuse (musette).
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé. Pair with 44.959, mounted on same page.
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé. Pair with 44.959, mounted on same page.
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in yellow-brown ink, the mark of the MFA Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (b. 1620-d. 1706), London. Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873-d. 1957), Chicago; 1944, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 8, 1996)