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The Madonna of the Pillow

Francesco Brizio (Italian, 1574–1623)
After: Annibale Carracci (Italian (Bolognese), 1560–1609)
about 1600

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 16 x 11.7 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3878
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (works wrongly attributed to Annibale Carracci) 04, only state; De Grazia Bohlin (prints not by Annibale Carracci) R03, iii/iii; Illustrated Bartsch (Annibale Carracci, rejected attributions) 28, iii/iii; Illustrated Bartsch (Brizio) 47, iii/iii
Marks Recto, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897