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Orfeo
1840
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
29 x 21 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Paul William Garber
Accession Number1978.73
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Plate, framed
DescriptionRome, After Thomas Crawford's marble sculpture of Orpheus and Cerberus, (MFA Athenaeum loan 162)
InscriptionsInscribed in lower margin. At r. in pencil: "To Charles Sumner/ with the respects of the author/ Rome Oct. 1840". At l. in brown ink: "To Francis Lieber/ from his friend/ Charles Sumner/ Boston, August 5th 1841/ (in Greek) The Hope of America"
ProvenanceCharles Sumner, Boston; Francis Lieber, Boston; Paul William Garber (Consulate to Chile), Boston, MA; gift to MFA Feb. 16, 1978