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Venus and 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: 16.3 x 14 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 16.1 x 13.9 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 16.1 x 13.9 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 084; Meyer 087, i/ii
Marks
Verso, 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)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 – d. 1899; Lugt 208), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of Babcock to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: June 5, 1900)