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Cupid Sleeping in Venus's Lap

Pierre Scalberge (French, 1623–1636)
1638

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 19.3 × 14.6 cm (7 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 19 × 14.2 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4425
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 27, only state; Le Blanc 27
Marks Verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; cf. Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)