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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Unidentified artist, 17th century
Possibly after: Jean LeClerc (French, 1587 or 1588–1633)
Possibly after: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish (active in Italy), 1591–1652)
After: Carlo Saraceni (Italian (Venetian), about 1579–1620)
17th century

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 28.9 x 22.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB4014
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil (Jean Le Clerc) 1 (copy in reverse); Bartsch (Ribera) unnumbered "pièce douteuse" (copy in reverse); Brown (Ribera)(1989) 20 (rejected attribution), Copy
Marks Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900