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Jupiter Transforming Io into a Cow
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, 1505–1565)
After: Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547)
Copied after: Jacopo Caraglio (Italian, 1505–1565)
After: Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547)
early 16th–mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.7 x 17.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 20.5 x 13.3 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 20.5 x 13.3 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB818
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 09 (copy in reverse); Illustrated Bartsch 9, probably either Copy 2 or Copy 5
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900