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Venus Teaching Cupid to Read
Pierre Scalberge (French, 1623–1636)
1638
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.4 × 14.5 cm (7 5/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 19.1 × 14.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 19.1 × 14.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4426
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 28, only state; Le Blanc 28
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)