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The Crucifixion

In the manner of: Pietro Bettelini (Italian, 1763–1828)
After: Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)
late 18th–early 19th century

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 68.9 x 51.4 cm (27 1/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 61.3 x 47.6 cm (24 1/8 x 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Children of C. C. Perkins
Accession NumberM6667
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Not listed in Le Blanc, Meyer, or Apell under Bettelini, and therefore probably not by him, although very much in his style
DescriptionProof impression before any inscriptions
Marks Verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceThe Children of Charles C. Perkins, Boston (1823-1886); their gift to the MFA April 9, 1889