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The Muses and Poets on Mt. Parnassus
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553–1615)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
Copied after: Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553–1615)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12.6 x 22.3 cm (4 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession NumberM22496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (Alberti) 110 (copy in reverse)
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, an unidentified mark; verso, bottom right, stamped in violet ink, an unidentified mark (the letter "V")(not in Lugt); recto, bottom right, stamped in blue ink, the mark of Carl Julius Kollmann, Dresden (1820-1875)(Lugt 1584); verso, left center, stamped in black ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceTwo unidentified collectors (not in Lugt); Carl Julius Kollmann, Dresden (1820-1875)(Lugt 1584); Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878-1965); his gift to the MFA April 4, 1913