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Perseus Slaying Medusa
Copied after: Giovanni Gallo (Italian, 16th century)
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Or: Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
After: Marco Pino (Italian, about 1525–about 1587)
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
Or: Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
After: Marco Pino (Italian, about 1525–about 1587)
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in orange-tan, red, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.2 x 25.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 35.6 x 23.1 cm (14 x 9 1/8 in.)
Image (borderline): 35.6 x 23.1 cm (14 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10810
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.124.25, Copy A; Le Blanc 4 (copy in reverse)
Marks
Verso, upper center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceDr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA.