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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 brown and dark brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 x 13.4 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)(trimmed just inside the outer borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.545
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.073.17, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975