The Centaur Chiron Exercising the Art of Magic in the Presence of the Young Achilles (from a series of twelve prints, "Varii Capricci e Paesi")

Gaetano Gherardo Zompini (Italian, 1700–1778)
After: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1665)
Formerly attributed to: Antonio Maria Zanetti I (Italian, 1680–1767)

1758

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 24.1 x 32.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 21 x 29.5 cm (8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis

Accession Number2001.642

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bozzolato 3, undescribed first state, before change in the dedication

Marks Recto, bottom left, stamped in gray ink, the mark of Earl Spencer, Althorp (Lugt 2341a); verso, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

InscriptionsAt left, etched in image, monogram of A. M. Zanetti, monogram of G. B. Castiglione / 1758; bottom center, etched dedication: Preclaro el perdilecto Amico Petro Ioan Mariette in antiquae gratitudinus testimonium dedicat, et donat; etched l.r.: M. Zanetti Hier F.

ProvenanceEarl Spencer, Althorp (Lugt 2341a); Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Stanford, California; from whom purchased September 26, 2001