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The Muses and Poets on Mt. Parnassus
Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553–1615)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 x 22.6 cm (4 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark; lacking the blank space and inscription at bottom)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 110; Meyer 113, only state
Marks
Verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, right 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)