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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt


Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Unidentified artist, 17th century
Copied after: Simone Cantarini (Italian (active in Pesaro and Bologna), 1612–1648)
mid 17th century

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 20.2 x 29.5 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)(Trimmed within platemark at bottom)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB808
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 06 (copy in reverse); Illustrated Bartsch 06 (copy in reverse); Bellini 30 (copy in reverse, but not one of the copies described by him)
Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsLatin inscription at bottom, "Matris ut amplexus..."
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900