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Ignorance Vanquished (Francis I Entering the Temple of Jupiter)
René Boyvin (French, c. 1525–c. 1580)
After: Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo) (Italian (Florentine), 1494–1540)
After: Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo) (Italian (Florentine), 1494–1540)
about 1550-1560
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.9 × 43.2 cm (11 3/8 × 17 in.)
Platemark: 27.9 × 42.5 cm (11 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 27.9 × 42.5 cm (11 × 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB726
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 016, only state; IFF (16th cent.) vol. 1, pp. 168-169; Le Blanc 185
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 – d. 1899; Lugt 208), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of Babcock to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: June 5, 1900)