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The Virgin and Child, St. Sebastian, and a Bishop
Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
early 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in four shades of grayish brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 40.4 x 30.6 cm (15 7/8 x 12 1/16 in.)(with the borderline showing all around)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.1048
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Bartsch notes the initials "FBV" that appear on the Andreani printing, done in 1605, which he says stand for Federico Barocci (1535-1612). Given the dates of the two artists, if this print is by Ugo da Carpi, it cannot be after Barocci; and conversely, if it is after Barocci, it cannot be by Ugo.
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.066.26, ii/ii
Description
Not after Baroccio
Not after Baroccio
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 23, 1964