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Portrait of Ludovico Ariosto

Raphael Morghen (Italian, 1758–1833)
After: Pietro Ermini (Italian, 1774–1850)
1807

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 42.5 x 30.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 33 x 23.1 cm (13 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP13524
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Halsey 013, first of three "Trial Proof" states; Apell 78, a proof state before i/iv; Le Blanc 115, i/iv
DescriptionFirst trial proof.
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left-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