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The Rape of Proserpine

Jean Lepautre (French, 1618–1682)
Published by: Jean Le Blond I (French, 1590/94–1666)
about 1650-1665

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 23.2 × 32.5 cm (9 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2258
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 153, ii/iv; not in Le Blanc
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 June 12, 1900