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Portrait of a Man

(Italian, 1727–1803)
(Italian (Venetian), 1510–1592)
(English, 18th century (active 1769))
1769
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 32.9 x 27.2 cm (12 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.7 x 17.3 cm (9 5/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB1126
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, top right, "25"; engraved in the plate, bottom margin, "Iac. Bassan pinxit Dom. Cunego sculpsit Romae 1769 / Effigies Incognita / Londini apud Gulielmum Beckfort"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900