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Dispute between the Muses and the Pierides on Mount Parnassus
Enea Vico (Italian, 1523–1567)
1553
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.8 x 38.9 cm (9 3/4 x 15 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14310
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
This print is from the re-engraving of a copperplate originally engraved by Jacopo Caraglio, but so little of the original engraving is retained that Bartsch considers this properly a work by Vico.
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 028, i/ii
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, bottom center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, bottom center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897