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Jupiter Embracing Cupid
Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553–1615)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
1590
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.1 x 15 cm (6 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)(trimmed slightly within the platemark at the top, with thread margins on the sides, and lacking the large blank space at the bottom)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1569
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 079; Meyer 082, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, bottom left, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Johann Sigmund Bermann, Vienna (1794-1846)(Lugt 235), 1832; verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
Provenance1832, Johann Sigmund Bermann (b. 1794 - d. 1846; Lugt 235), Vienna. Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.