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Cleobis and Biton Bringing Their Mother to the Temple of Hera
Nicolas Pierre Loir (French, 1624–1679)
about 1650-1675
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 40.5 × 50 cm (15 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 36.1 × 49.3 cm (14 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 36.1 × 49.3 cm (14 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Accession NumberM9812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil (vol. 11, p. 128) 16, iv/v; Le Blanc 4, iii/iv
Marks
Verso, lower right, in pen and black ink, an unidentified mark (not in Lugt); verso, bottom left, stamped in gray-violet ink, the mark of Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, New York, Havana (1825-1893)(Lugt 2020); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceJuan Jorge Peoli (1825-1893, New York, Lugt 2020); his sale, New York, American Art Association, 10 and 11 May 1894, lot 1418; purchased there by MFA.