The Virgin Watching the Christ Child and the Infant St. John the Baptist Embracing

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The Virgin Watching the Christ Child and the Infant St. John the Baptist Embracing

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666)

1764

Medium/Technique Etching and aquatint

Dimensions Sheet: 18.2 x 15 cm (7 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP10541

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Calabi 2148, ii/ii; Tuer 374

Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, upper left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897