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Perseus Changing to Stone the Men who Disturbed His Wedding
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: 12.7 x 22.3 cm (5 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark; lacking part of the blank space below)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB230
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
This impression has the inscription "POLIDORUS DE CARAVGIO INVE". The "I" in "POLIDORUS" was later changed to "Y", the letter "A" was added after the "V" in "CARAVGIO", and the word "INVE" was completed by the addition of the letters "NT".
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 111; Meyer 114, apparently an intermediate state between i/iii and ii/iii (see Notes)
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, 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)