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1640
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in olive brown and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.5 x 45.8 cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10866
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.138.18; Takahatake 24, only state
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceDr. 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.