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Artemesia Preparing to Drink the Ashes of Her Husband
Louis de Boullogne I (French, 1609–1674)
French
about 1640-1660
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.4 x 21.4 cm (8 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number67.271
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF 13; Robert-Dumesnil 12; Le Blanc 12
Marks
Recto, bottom right, the blindstamp of Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864)(Lugt 2200); recto, bottom right, stamped in red-orange ink, the mark of Philippe Burty, Paris (1830-1890)(Lugt 2071); verso, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Henri Delacroix, Paris (1873-1937)(Lugt 3604); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAlexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (b. 1778 - d. 1864, Lugt 2200), Paris; Philippe Burty (b. 1830 - d. 1890, Lugt 2071), Paris; Henri Delacroix (b. 1873 - d. 1937, Lugt 3604), Paris; William H. Schab Master Prints and Drawings, Inc., New York; 1967, sold by William H. Schab Master Prints and Drawings, Inc. to the MFA for $360. (Accession Date: February 8, 1967)