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The Angel Revealing to Joseph the Birth of the Christ Child
Joseph Parrocel (French, 1646–1704)
about 1670-1700
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.2 × 18.2 cm (6 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Platemark (image): 14.7 × 18.2 cm (5 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Platemark (inscription plate): 1.5 × 18.2 cm (9/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Platemark (image): 14.7 × 18.2 cm (5 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Platemark (inscription plate): 1.5 × 18.2 cm (9/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2964
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 19, probably i/ii; Le Blanc 7
Marks
Verso, center, in pen and black ink, the mark of Ernest-Théophile Devaulx, Paris (1831-1901)(Lugt 670), 1858; 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)
Provenance1858, Ernest-Théophile Devaulx (b. 1831-d. 1901; Lugt 670), Paris. William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826-d. 1899), Boston, Paris; 1900, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)