The Toilet of Thetis
Pierre Brebiette
(French, about 1598–1642)
about 1620-1640
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 16.6 x 22.2 cm (6 9/16 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed on or within the platemark)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB753
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IFF describes two states of this print, one with the inscription below Thetis's, or Venus's, foot, "P. Breb. in fecit", and one without this inscription. This impression has the inscription, mostly abraded out and barely legible, and, to the right of the inscription, the initials "PB".
InscriptionsEngraved in the margin, right, "D.C. formis"ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900
