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The Virgin and Child

(Italian, 1727–1803)
(German, born in Bohemia (now Czech Republic), 1728–1779)
1773
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 26.6 x 25.1 cm (10 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 26.3 x 24.8 cm (10 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB1118
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom margin, "Mengs pinx. Dom. Cunego inc. 1773 / Refugium Peccatorum / Romae ex Calcographia R.C.A."
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900
Domenico Cunego
1770
Domenico Cunego
1771
Domenico Cunego
about 1770
Domenico Cunego
1777
Domenico Cunego
about 1767-1773
Domenico Cunego
1769
Domenico Cunego
1770
Domenico Cunego
1773
Domenico Cunego
1775