Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee

Alessandro Gandini (Italian, active about 1550–1600)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)

late 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in shades of gray

Dimensions Sheet: 24.1 x 36.2 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.)(trimmed within the image)

Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number1975.521

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.041.18

Marks Recto, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971); verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)

InscriptionsIn the lighter tone block, lower right, "Taglio d'Alexro Ghandinj"

ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975