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Two Roman Women

In the manner of: School of Fontainebleau
Possibly by: Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, active in France, 1504–1570)
about 1540-1560

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 19.5 × 11.7 cm (7 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark at the bottom; with 1-2 mm margins on the other three sides)
Credit Line Museum purchase
Accession NumberM9762
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (School of Fontainebleau: Primaticcio) 1; Zerner F.P.1
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); verso, bottom left, stamped in gray ink, the mark of Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, New York, Havana (1825-1893)(Lugt 2020); verso, center, 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 1694; purchased there by MFA.