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Attributed to: François Collignon (French, 1610–1687)
Formerly attributed to: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)
about 1640-1670

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 19.6 x 32.7 cm (7 11/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 11.6 x 25.2 cm (4 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.2799
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Recto, lower center, the blindstamp of Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864)(Lugt 2200); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsUpper right, just above the upper right corner of the platemark, in pen and brown ink, the number "8"
ProvenanceAlexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (b. 1778 - d. 1864), Paris. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 1963)