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St. John the Baptist in the Desert
Antonio da Trento (Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
About 1530–50
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in light gray-green and dark green or black
Dimensions
Sheet: 10.7 x 10.9 cm (4 3/16 x 4 5/16 in.)(trimmed just outside the borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.544
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.073.17, probably i/ii
Marks
Recto, bottom right-center, the blindstamp of Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864)(Lugt 2200); verso, bottom right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceAlexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864)(Lugt 2200); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975