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A Man and a Woman Embracing
1773
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 37.3 x 27.6 cm (14 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 24.4 x 17.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 24.4 x 17.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1125
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 37
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)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, top right, "20"; engraved in the plate, bottom margin, "Giorgione pinxit Dom. Cunego sculpsit 1773. / Ex Tabula Romae in Aedibus Burghesianis asservata"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900