The Infant Christ and the Young St. John the Baptist

Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)

about 1605–13

Medium/Technique Etching, with a few burin strokes

Dimensions Sheet: 12.2 x 17.4 cm (4 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 11.9 x 17.1 cm (4 11/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP19585

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 13 (counterproof); Birke 27, ii/ii (counterproof); Illustrated Bartsch 27, ii/ii (counterproof)

Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897