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Narcissus Turning into a Flower

Gérard Audran (French, 1640–1703)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
about 1665-1700

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 45.5 × 60.3 cm (17 15/16 × 23 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 31.7 × 46.5 cm (12 1/2 × 18 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB309
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 046, only state; Robert-Dumesnil 39, only state; Meyer 65, only state; Le Blanc 294
DescriptionEtched by Benoit I and Jean Audran retouched by Gérard.
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 (b. 1826-d. 1899), Boston, Paris; 1899, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)