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Frieze of Bacchantes and Satyrs (Plate 2 of Friezes of Bacchantes and Satyrs)

Pierre Brebiette (French, about 1598–1642)
Published by: François Langlois, called Ciartres (French, 1588–1647)
about 1620-1626

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 7.3 x 25.6 cm (2 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)(trimmed on or within the platemark, with thread margins in places)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB754.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 145; Le Blanc 109
Marks Verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, lower margin, at right, the number "2"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900