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Venus Sleeping, Watched by Satyrs
Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: Johann Rottenhammer (German, active in Italy, 1564–1625)
After: Johann Rottenhammer (German, active in Italy, 1564–1625)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.3 × 16.5 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2597
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 193; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 221 (I/I); Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: Io. Rottenhamer Inue. venet./I. Matham Sculp et excud.
Marks
No watermark; verso MFA Babcock bequest stamp in purple with accession number in ink: 2597
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 207 and 208), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)