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The Four Philosophers


Justus Lipsius and His Students
Carlo Lasinio (Italian, 1759–1838)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Published by: Labrelis (Italian, active late 18th cent.)
1786

Medium/Technique Color mezzotint with additional hand coloring
Dimensions Sheet: 51.3 x 45.2 cm (20 3/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 50 x 44.9 cm (19 11/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number67.771
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Le Blanc
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsRecto, in margin below the platemark, in pen and brown ink, "peint pr. pierre paul rubens, esiste au palais royale de pitti florence LE FILOSOPHE gravés [sic] pr. Lasinio imprimées p. Labrelis 1786 -"
Provenance1967, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London to the MFA for £250. (Accession Date: September 13, 1967)