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Venus and Adonis
Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)
about 1631–37
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.8 x 46.2 cm (14 1/2 x 18 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 36 x 45 cm (14 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 36 x 45 cm (14 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3483
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 25; Bellini 13, i/iii; Illustrated Bartsch 25, i/iii; Cropper 16, i/iii
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 1900