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Sleeping Cupid
mid 17th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 31 x 39.2 cm (12 3/16 x 15 7/16 in.)
Borderline: 29.8 x 37.8 cm (11 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Borderline: 29.8 x 37.8 cm (11 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10862
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.107.2; Takahatake 17, only state
Marks
Verso, lower right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceDr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA.