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A Satyr Seated Beside a Statue of Priapus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1665)
about 1645

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 12.5 x 22.3 cm (4 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 11.7 x 21.4 cm (4 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB859
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 17; Illustrated Bartsch 17, ii/iii or iii/iii (the description of these states in Illustrated Bartsch is unclear)
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower 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