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The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist and Two Angels

(Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
(Italian, 1450–1517)
1516
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 25.4 x 17.5 cm (10 x 6 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineGift of Amory Coolidge
Accession number43.1385
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
Both Bartsch and Passavant describe this print as being dated 1518 in the plate. This impression, however, is dated 1516.
ProvenanceThomas Jefferson Coolidge (b. 1863 - d. 1912; cf. Lugt 1429), Boston; by descent to his son, Amory Coolidge (b. 1895 - d. 1952), Boston; December 9, 1943, gift of Amory Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1943)