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The Rape of Europa
1663
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.3 x 24.9 cm (7 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2878
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 2; Illustrated Bartsch 2 (an undescribed second state, with the added inscription "avec privilege du Roy 1663.", lower right)
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)
InscriptionsLower right, etched in the plate, just above the initials "M.O.S.", the inscription "avec privilege du Roy 1663.". This inscription does not appear in the impression illustrated in The Illustrated Bartsch.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900