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Portrait Bust of Livy (Titus Livius)
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1507 or 1515–about 1565)
about 1540-1560
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.1 × 22.5 cm (12 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1476
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 007, only state; Illustrated Bartsch 7; Robert-Dumesnil 45, only state; Meyer 45; IFF vol. 1, p. 86; Le Blanc 94
Marks
Verso, bottom center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.