A Tomb Surmounted by the Virgin and Child in an Oval Wreath
Angolo Falconetto
(Italian, about 1507–1567)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
About 1555–65
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 30.8 x 22.3 cm (12 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP13895
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For a discussion of Angiolo Falconetto see David Acton's entry on this artist in Sue Welsh Reed and Richard W. Wallace, Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989), pp. 45-6. This print, which is executed in etching and engraving, is described by Bartsch as the original; the print that is described by Bartsch as a copy appears to be executed entirely in etching, and is used by The Illustrated Bartsch as the illustration for the artist's work in Vol. 44. It is possible that Bartsch confused the original and the copy.
InscriptionsEtched in the plate, bottom center, "Ang. falco"; engraved in the plate, to the right of the prior inscription, "Donati Rascicoti form."ProvenanceWilliam Sharp, Manchester (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 2650); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
