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Bust of Socrates

Giuseppe Longhi (Italian, 1766–1831)
After: Giuseppe Bossi (Italian, 1777–1815)
1808

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 32.5 x 21.3 cm (12 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.)(with 9 mm margin at the bottom; trimmed within the platemark on the other three sides)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14142
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Apell 46, only state; Le Blanc 41
Marks Verso, upper center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897