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Mercury Giving a Lyre to Apollo

(Italian, 1626–1686)
(Italian (Bolognese), 1560–1609)
mid 17th–late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 11.7 x 17 cm (4 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 9.9 x 15.2 cm (3 7/8 x 6 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB886.4
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsBottom left center, etched in the plate, "ann. Carac. jn."
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900
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