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mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in light gray-green, olive green, and black
Dimensions Sheet: 14.3 x 9.7 cm (5 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.)(trimmed on or slightly into the borderline)
Credit Line Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10801
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.129.4
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in blue-green ink, the mark of Count Prokop Adalbert Czernin, Kiev (1726-1777)(?)(Lugt 1207a); verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceGrigori Alexandrovitch Czougaievitch, Kiev. Dr. 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.