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Venus and Cupid Standing on Clouds
Jacopo Raibolini (Francia) (Italian, about 1486–1557)
early 16th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.4 x 20.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Special Print Fund
Accession NumberM27830
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XV.37.6, ii/ii (as anonymous follower of Marcantonio); Hind 6, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceJohn Rushout, 2nd Baron of Northwick (b. 1770 - d. 1859), Northwick Park, Worcester, and Thirlestane House, Gloucestershire; 1859, by inheritance to his nephew George Rushout, 3rd Baron of Northwick (b. 1811 - d. 1887); 1887, by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta Warburton Rushout, Lady Northwick (b. 1832 - d. 1912), Northwick Park; 1912, by inheritance to her grandson, Captain Edward Georges Spencer-Churchill (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Northwick Park; May 28, 1918, sold by Captain Spencer-Churchill, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, lot 49; 1918, purchased from that sale by the MFA through P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach (dealers, London) for £4.19. (Accession Date: May 1, 1918)