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Arion Carried to Safety on a Dolphin

Carlo Cesio (Italian, 1626–1686)
After: Annibale Carracci (Italian (Bolognese), 1560–1609)
before 1657

Medium/Technique Etching with engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 10 x 15.6 cm (3 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 9.9 x 15.4 cm (3 7/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB886.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 48; Illustrated Bartsch 48, i/iii
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his gift to the MFA 1900