Hunting Scene: Preparing for the Hunt
Marco Alvise Pitteri
(Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
Pietro Longhi
(Italian (Venetian), about 1700–1785)
about 1740-1760
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 63.7 x 50.2 cm (25 1/16 x 19 3/4 in.)(with thread margins at the top and sides; trimmed on or within the platemark at the bottom)
Credit LineStephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession number66.352
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ProvenanceCabinet Brentano-Birckenstock (founded 1765 by Johann-Melchior Birckenstock (1738-1809)), Vienna and Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 345); probably included in the principal sale of this collection which followed the death in 1869 of Antonia, Birckenstock's only daughter, wife of Franz Brentano, Frankfurt, Prestel, April 4-6, 1870; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London; 1966, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd. to the MFA for £100 [see note]. (Accession Date: June 1, 1966)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 66.350-66.353 were purchased for this amount.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 66.350-66.353 were purchased for this amount.