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The Calumny of Apelles

Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582)
After: Luca Penni (Italian, 1500–1556)
1560

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 38.4 x 32.4 cm (15 1/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 36.7 x 32 cm (14 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1536
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 62; Boorsch and Lewis 27, iii/vi; Bellini 40, iiia/vi
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in gray ink, the mark of The Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceThe Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897