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The Martyrdom of St. John

Balthasar Moncornet (French, about 1600–1668)
After: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 8.1 × 11 cm (3 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2732
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Lieure (Callot) 1391 (copy)
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower 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