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Venus Contemplating Cupid

(French, 1623–1636)
1638
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 19.2 × 14.5 cm (7 9/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 18.9 × 14.1 cm (7 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP4424
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)