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The Firmament
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Title-Page to The Seven Planets
The Firmament
1695
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.9 x 21.7 cm (11 3/8 x 8 9/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1298.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 37; from Le Blanc 42-49
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso of backing sheet, 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