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Portrait of Evaristo Gherardi
about 1696-1700
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.8 x 8.9 cm (5 13/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 14.3 x 8.3 cm (5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 14.3 x 8.3 cm (5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26601
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Evaristo Gherardi (1663-1700) was an Italian commedia dell'arte actor and playwright.
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 214, i/iii; IFF 193; Le Blanc 221, i/iii
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA Jenkins Bequest (Lugt 4831); verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceBy 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)