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The Fall of the Giants

Guido Ruggieri (Italian, active about 1541–1544)
After: Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547)
about 1541–44
Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.8 x 56.6 cm (13 5/16 x 22 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark; lacking the c. 8 mm blank lower margin)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
This impression has the Lafreri publication line at the bottom right. For an impression prior to the Lafreri publication line, see P1443.
Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XV (anonymous followers of Marcantonio Raimondi), 45, 16; Le Blanc 7
Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom right, "ANT. LAFRERI. / SEQVANI. FORMIS."
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900