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Apollo and Hyacinth

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, 1505–1565)
After: Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547)
mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 17.5 x 13.4 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1342
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Bartsch; Passavant, VI, p. 98. no. 68 (apparently a copy in reverse); Illustrated Bartsch 67 (probable attribution to Caraglio)(a copy in reverse; it is unclear whether it is one of the copies listed in The Illustrated Bartsch)
Marks Verso, bottom left, the blindstamp of the British Museum, London (Lugt 298), containing the initials "HS" (Hans Sloane); verso, bottom left, the duplicate blindstamp of the British Museum (Lugt 703); verso, lower right, stamped in dark gray ink, the mark of The Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceSir Hans Sloane, London (1660-1753)(see Lugt 298); British Museum, London (Lugt 298, 703); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897