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The Assumption of the Virgin
Attributed to: Francesco Rosselli (Italian, 1448–before 1513)
Sandro Botticelli (Italian (Florentine), 1444 or 1445–1510)
Sandro Botticelli (Italian (Florentine), 1444 or 1445–1510)
about 1490–1495
Medium/Technique
Engraving (broad manner)
Dimensions
Overall: 81.6 × 55.4 cm (32 1/8 × 21 13/16 in.)
Top sheet: 40.8 × 55.4 cm (16 1/16 × 21 13/16 in.)
Bottom sheet: 40.8 × 55.4 cm (16 1/16 × 21 13/16 in.)
Top sheet: 40.8 × 55.4 cm (16 1/16 × 21 13/16 in.)
Bottom sheet: 40.8 × 55.4 cm (16 1/16 × 21 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number16.486.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind B.III.10, i/ii (as Florentine Broad Manner engraving); Bartsch XIII, 86, 4 (as anonymous Italian engraver)
Marks
Verso of top sheet, left center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282); verso of bottom sheet, upper right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792)(Lugt 2364); verso of bottom sheet, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceSir Joshua Reynolds (b. 1723 - d. 1792; Lugt 2364), London. April 10, 1817, Thomas Lloyd sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 781, to William Young Ottley (b. 1771 - d. 1836; cf. Lugt 2662) for £33.12.0. May 24, 1824, Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (b. 1771 - d. 1823; cf. Lugt 1897) sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 854, for £42. May 17, 1837 (actually June 1), William Young Ottley sale, Leigh Sotheby, London, lot 1835, for £22.0.0 [see note]. March 28, 1884, posthumous St. John Dent sale (d. about 1884; cf. Lugt 2373), Sotheby’s, London, lot 241, for £860.0.0 to "Thip" [?]. 1916, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: May 25, 2022)