Perseus Changing to Stone the Men who Disturbed His Wedding
Cherubino Alberti
(Italian, 1553–1615)
Polidoro da Caravaggio
(Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 12.7 x 22.3 cm (5 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark; lacking part of the blank space below)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB230
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This impression has the inscription "POLIDORUS DE CARAVGIO INVE". The "I" in "POLIDORUS" was later changed to "Y", the letter "A" was added after the "V" in "CARAVGIO", and the word "INVE" was completed by the addition of the letters "NT".
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900