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Two Children Playing with a Ram

Antonio Maria Zanetti I (Italian, 1680–1767)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
1725

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in grayish blue and black
Dimensions Sheet: 10.4 x 7.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Image: 10.1 x 7.1 cm (4 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of a Class in the History of Engraving
Accession NumberM6223
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 3, only state
Marks Verso of first backing sheet, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceBy 1889, from the artist to F. Keppel & Co., New York; 1889, sold by F. Keppel & Co. to a Class in the History of Engraving [see note]; 1889, gift of a Class in the History of Engraving to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: February 26, 1889)

NOTE: The Secretary of the Class in the History of Engraving was Alice W. Palmer, Roxbury, MA. Class members included Miss H. Louisa Brown, Mrs. Ephraim Merton, Miss Mary Amory Green, Miss S. Minne, Miss Laura Norcross, Miss Lilian Page, Miss Mary F. Palmer, Miss Caroline H. Rimmer, and Mrs. Edward Robinson.