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Silenus Riding on an Ass

Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (Italian, active 1539–1574)
After: Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547)
late 1540s

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 13.5 x 21.9 cm (5 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB634
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 088; Massari 95; Illustrated Bartsch 88, indeterminate state
Marks Verso, lower 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, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900