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The Virgin and Child in an Oval

Possibly by: Antonio da Trento (Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in two shades of brown, deep red-brown, and black
Dimensions 12.23 x 9.05 cm (4 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.572
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.051.4
Marks Verso, lower right, 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