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The Virgin and Child with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist

François Poilly I (French, 1623–1693)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
Published by: Calcografia di Roma (founded in 1738)
about 1650-1680

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 58.8 × 44.3 cm (23 1/8 × 17 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 40.4 × 29.9 cm (15 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of W. S. Dexter
Accession NumberM12291
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Lothe 320, an undescribed state after vi/vi, with the publication line of Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, but this impression published later by the Calcografia di Roma; Le Blanc 24, iv/iv
Marks Recto, just inside the bottom right corner of the platemark, the blindstamp of the Calcografia di Roma (Lugt 426e); verso, upper right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, in the lower margin, to the left and right of the coat of arms, in script, "Deliciae meae esse cum / filijs hominum. Prou. 8." and "Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romae / ad Temp. Pacis cum Priu. S. Pont."
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 3/12/1897