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Marriage of the Virgin

Unidentified artist
Formerly attributed to: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian (Venetian), about 1518–1594)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 62.8 × 19.8 cm (24 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2586
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Not signed
Marks Verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp in purple [Lugt 207], with accession number in black ink: 2586; in graphite: Matham sculp.
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, within image, lower right: Iacobus Tintoret Inue.; and in margin below image: lower left: Perpetæ quamuis ob virginitatis amorem/Spreverat et thalamos, seseq Sacraverat aris/Virgo, Deum paritura: tamen monitisq parentu,/Divinoq imprimis arbitrio desponsa marito; lower right: Traditur, arcani pariter qui conscius esset/Consilÿ, et nivei custos testisq pudoris,/Curarumq simul socius, consorq laborum,/Ipse etiam null certus succumbere lubi.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 207), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)