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[Between pp. 194-95] Landscape with Figures, Town in Distance
[Between pp. 194-95] Landscape with Figures, Town in Distance

[Between pp. 194-95] Landscape with Figures, Town in Distance

Pierre-Jean Mariette (French, 1694–1774)
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian (Bolognese), 1591–1666)
Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
1775
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueEtching, bound in book
DimensionsSheet: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.):
Overall: 22 x 13.5 x 4.4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.1713.445
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
Paris: Chez l'auteur et G. Desprez, 1775
InscriptionsIn plate upper right: "Page 195."; lower left: "[...]ieri Cent. dict. Guercino del."; bottom: "Anto. Mara. Zanetti Veneto, redivivo Parmensi, hoc artis suae tirocinium, Amicus Amico, pro munere munusculum, offerebat."ProvenanceSaint-Aubin's estate; possibly sold to Baron de Saint-Julien or dispersed after the death of Augustin de Saint-Aubin; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830; Lugt 2446); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1830 ff., lot 89; purchased at Lawrence sale by Joseph Hogarth, Sr. (1801-1879); C. Richardson, Manchester, England, book dealer from whose catalogue 87, no. 242, acquired July 1921 for £2/10/- by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936); his bequest to MFA November 17, 1937.