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

Jean Pesne (French, 1623–1700)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
about 1650-1690

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 44.5 × 34.8 cm (17 1/2 × 13 11/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark; lacking most of the bottom margin)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM18225
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 008, ii/ii; Le Blanc 6, ii/ii
Marks Verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Naudet, Paris (active 1763-1830)(Lugt 1937), 1789; verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 1/1/1902 [exact to year]