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God Speaking to Cain
Cristofano di Michele Martini, called il Robetta (Italian, 1462–after 1534)
about 1500-1510
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 × 13.5 cm (6 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number22.1062
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind D.II.07; not in Bartsch; Passavant V, 60, 30; Illustrated Bartsch 2521.007, only state; Le Blanc 10
Marks
Verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Robert Balmanno, London (1780-1866)(Lugt 213), 1819; verso, bottom right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceRobert Balmanno (1780-ca.1863, London, Lugt 213); Fitzroy Carrington (1869-1954, born Surbiton, Surrey, England, active in New York and Boston); from whom purchased by MFA, March 16, 1922.