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The Virgin and Child with a Bird
Simone Cantarini (Italian (active in Pesaro and Bologna), 1612–1648)
17th century
about 1635–36
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.5 x 14.8 cm (8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)(trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of William Norton Bullard
Accession Number23.991
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 18; Illustrated Bartsch 18, ii/ii; Bellini 4, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the Cabinet Brentano-Birkenstock, Vienna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceCabinet Brentano-Birkenstock, Vienna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); Dr. William Norton Bullard, Boston (1853-1931); his gift to the MFA April 1, 1923