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Portrait of a Man

Domenico Cunego (Italian, 1727–1803)
After: Jacopo Bassano (Italian (Venetian), 1510–1592)
Published by: William Beckford (English, 18th century (active 1769))
1769

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 32.9 x 27.2 cm (12 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.7 x 17.3 cm (9 5/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1126
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Le Blanc 40
Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, top right, "25"; engraved in the plate, bottom margin, "Iac. Bassan pinxit Dom. Cunego sculpsit Romae 1769 / Effigies Incognita / Londini apud Gulielmum Beckfort"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900