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Nereids and Amoretti Collecting Pearls
1771
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.6 x 41.2 cm (9 11/16 x 16 1/4 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1122
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 51
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)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, top right, "38"; engraved in the plate, bottom margin, " Franc. Albano pinxit Dom. Cunego sculpsit Romae 1771. / Nereides Nymphae / Exstat Romae in Aedibus Ghisiis"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900