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The Virgin and Child with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist
Nicolas Pierre Loir (French, 1624–1679)
about 1650-1675
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.6 × 10.8 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP6732
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 7, indeterminate state (the bottom margin has been trimmed off); not in Le Blanc
Marks
Recto, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Richard Houlditch, Jr., London (died 1760)(Lugt 2214); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceRichard Houlditch, Jr., London (died 1760)(Lugt 2214); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897