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St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child
Bartolommeo Biscaino (Italian, 1632–1657)
1650–57
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.1 x 16.5 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)(trimmed on or within platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 35, ii/ii; Illustrated Bartsch 35, ii/iii
Marks
On verso of backing sheet, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); on verso of backing sheet, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900