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The Virgin and Child with a Book

School of Guido Reni (1575–1642, Italian)
early 17th century

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 9.7 x 7.5 cm (3 13/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 9.4 x 7.1 cm (3 11/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP16911
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (Guido Reni) 05, iii/iii; Illustrated Bartsch 42, iii/iv or iv/iv (rejected attribution)
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897