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The Virgin and Child in the Clouds
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
and: Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557–1602)
Copied after: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1480–1527/34)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
and: Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557–1602)
Copied after: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1480–1527/34)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
Italian
mid 16th–late 16th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.3 x 18 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.), trimmed within the platemark
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2204
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
The clouds in the upper half of this print, and the two angels' heads, were added by Agostino Carracci, c. 1582. The first state of the print, before Agostino's additions, is illustrated in Bohlin.
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XIV.060.053 (copy mentioned by Bartsch); Passavant (anonymous followers of Marcantonio) 26 (copy); Bartsch (Agostino Carracci) 36; Bohlin 99; Illustrated Bartsch (Carracci) 51 (see Notes)
DescriptionAdditions to the plate made by Agostino Carracci about 1582.
Marks
Verso of the backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Raf. Urb. in.
Verso of backing sheet, center, in pen and brown ink, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: S.R.K. / From H. C. Whipple. / In exchange. / 1889.
Verso of backing sheet, center, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler, in graphite: The Virgin and Child on Clouds. / BXIV, p. 60, no. 53, copy mentioned by B.
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, in graphite: Marc Antonio Raimondi
Verso of backing sheet, center, in pen and brown ink, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: S.R.K. / From H. C. Whipple. / In exchange. / 1889.
Verso of backing sheet, center, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler, in graphite: The Virgin and Child on Clouds. / BXIV, p. 60, no. 53, copy mentioned by B.
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, in graphite: Marc Antonio Raimondi
ProvenanceBy 1889, Henry C. Whipple (b. 1823 - d. 1903), Philadelphia; 1889, gift (by exchange) of Whipple to Sylvester Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, MA, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.