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Vanitas (A Figure Grieving at a Classical Tomb)
Benigno Bossi (Italian, 1727–1792)
1766
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 32 x 22cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16in.)
Platemark: 13.3 x 9.5cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4in.)
Platemark: 13.3 x 9.5cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Alan J. Dworsky and Suzanne Werber Dworsky
Accession Number1999.59
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsEtched in the plate, on pedestal, upper right, "B Bossi / 1766"
ProvenanceJan Johnson Old Master and Modern Prints, Inc., Montreal; from whom purchased March 24, 1999