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The Rape of Europa

(Italian, 1639–1702)
(Italian, 1557–1602)
1663
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 19.3 x 24.9 cm (7 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB2878
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower right, etched in the plate, just above the initials "M.O.S.", the inscription "avec privilege du Roy 1663.". This inscription does not appear in the impression illustrated in The Illustrated Bartsch.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900