Head of a Young Man in a Fur Cap

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Head of a Young Man in a Fur Cap

Benigno Bossi (Italian, 1727–1792)

1755

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 9.5 x 7.4 cm (3 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)(trimmed on or within the platemark)

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

Accession NumberP14042

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Marks Recto, top left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Maxime Lalanne, Paris (1827-1886)(Lugt 1657); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

InscriptionsEtched in the plate, top right, "Benigno Bosso 1755"; etched in the plate, bottom left, "No. IV"

ProvenanceMaxime Lalanne, Paris (1827-1886)(Lugt 1657); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897