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Venus Rising from the Sea
François Perrier (French, 1594–1649)
1638
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.4 × 14.3 cm (9 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.)(the top corners and the bottom right corner trimmed off)
Platemark: 22.5 × 13.7 cm (8 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 22.5 × 13.7 cm (8 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2999
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 125; Le Blanc 121
Marks
Verso, lower center, in pen and black ink, the mark of Naudet (first name unknown), Paris (active c. 1763-1830)(Lugt 1938), 1777; verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
Provenance1777, Naudet (first name unknown)(active c. 1763-1830; Lugt 1938), Paris. William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826-d. 1899), Boston, Paris; 1900, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)