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The Entombment

Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, last half of the 16th century)
late 16th century

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Dimensions Sheet: 68.1 x 43.9 cm (26 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the image)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.539
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
This impression has an inscription in the block, at the bottom right, "Gioseppe / Scolari inv". The other MFA impression, 1975.540, does not have this inscription.

Catalogue Raisonné Nagler 3; Le Blanc 4; Korn pp. 73-75; Baseggio pp. 21-23, #3; see Bartsch XII, 45, 25 for Andreani's copy
DescriptionCondition: a vertical crack left of center; a tear across the center; wormholes; a plug inserted changing the head of the man on the far right; another plug adding two women at upper left, which corresponds to the Andreani chiaroscuro
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)
InscriptionsCarved in the block, lower right, "Gioseppe / Scolari inv". The other MFA Impression, 1975.540, does not have this inscription.
Provenance1955, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1855), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)