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The Virgin and Child

Charles Massé (French, 1631–after 1665)
After: Annibale Carracci (Italian (Bolognese), 1560–1609)
about 1650-1665

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 20.5 × 14.9 cm (8 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.)(trimmed on or within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2549
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 79, ii/ii; Le Blanc 91, ii/ii
Marks Verso, lower center, in pen and gray ink, the mark of Naudet, Paris (active 1763-c. 1830)(Lugt 1937), 1795; verso, bottom left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, bottom left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceNaudet, Paris (active 1763-1830)(Lugt 1937), 1795; William Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900