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The Virgin and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist, and Three Other Saints

Antonio Maria Zanetti I (Italian, 1680–1767)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
1723

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in light gray, two shades of gray-blue, and dark green
Dimensions Sheet: 26 x 18.3 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line Gift of a Class in the History of Engraving
Accession NumberM6226
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 38, i/ii
Marks Verso, 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.