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Venus Reclining on a Dolphin

Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
About 1515–20

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 17 x 25.6 cm (6 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3591
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XIV.192.239 [second state, with "Ant. Sala. exc." bottom center]; Passavant 47
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900