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Cupid Approaching the Sleeping Venus on Behalf of Mars
about 1640-1650
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.8 x 23 cm (10 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 26.7 x 21.5 cm (10 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 26.7 x 21.5 cm (10 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in IFF; Le Blanc 32
Marks
Verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900