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The Virgin Mary


Mater Purissima
Marco Alvise Pitteri (Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
about 1740-1760

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 41.8 x 30 cm (16 7/16 x 11 13/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP3984
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ravà 018; Le Blanc 3? (but cf. Ravà 19, which describes the plate of this subject after Pittoni as being in quarto)
Marks Verso, left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897