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Portrait of Annibale Carracci
Veronica Fontana (Italian, 1651–1690)
about 1678
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in brown and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 7.9 x 6.1 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)(trimmed to the oval borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.612
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Passavant (Italian woodcuts) 105
DescriptionTrimmed to the oval borderline and mounted on a backing sheet of laid paper
Marks
Recto of backing sheet, lower left, the blindstamp of Winslow and Anna Ames, Springfield, Missouri (Winslow 1907-1990)(Lugt 2602a); verso of backing sheet, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceWinslow and Anna Ames, Springfield, Missouri (Winslow 1907-1990)(Lugt 2602a); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA 1975