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The Guardian Angel

Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
Copied after: Simone Cantarini (Italian (active in Pesaro and Bologna), 1612–1648)
mid 17th century

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 18.8 x 13.9 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 18.6 x 13.7 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14515
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 28 (copy in reverse, described by Bartsch); Illustrated Batrsch 28 (copy in reverse); Bellini 29, Copy E
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsEtched in the plate, in upper left corner of bottom margin, "G. Renus. In."
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897