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The Madonna of the Pillow

Francesco Brizio (Italian, 1574–1623)
After: Annibale Carracci (Italian (Bolognese), 1560–1609)
about 1600

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 16.6 x 12.5 cm (6 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 16.2 x 12 cm (6 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB759
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (works wrongly attributed to Annibale Carracci) 04, only state; De Grazia Bohlin (prints not by Annibale Carracci) R03, iii/iii; Illustrated Bartsch (Annibale Carracci, rejected attributions) 28, iii/iii; Illustrated Bartsch (Brizio) 47, iii/iii
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (1826-1899), Boston, Paris; his bequest to MFA 1900