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The Adoration of the Shepherds
1579
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.3 x 46.9 cm (14 5/16 x 18 7/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of W. S. Dexter
Accession NumberM12212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Bartsch, Nagler, Passavant, or Le Blanc
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom center, "P. Stephanonius. for:"; engraved in the plate, across the bottom, "P. S. F."; engraved in the plate, bottom right, "Girardo Fontana / Fredo Fecit 1579.".
ProvenanceW.S. Dexter, Boston; his gift to the MFA March 12, 1897