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The Flatteries of Love

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Maria Anna Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741–1807)
1781

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 15.1 x 10.7 cm (5 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 14.1 x 9.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP10572
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Calabi 1654, iii/iv; Tuer 735
Marks Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.