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The Callipygian Venus

Jean-Baptiste Poilly (French, 1669–1728)
about 1690-1725

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 27.6 × 19.5 cm (10 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 27.3 × 18.6 cm (10 3/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3026
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Le Blanc
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826-d. 1899), Boston, Paris; 1899, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)