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Prudence
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in medium red-brown, dark red-brown, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.4 x 9.9 cm (5 11/16 x 3 7/8 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10803
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.129.6 (copy in reverse)
Marks
Verso, upper left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsIn the dark square (the upper part of the plinth) in the lower right portion of the image, in black, possibly from the line block, an indecipherable inscription of four letters
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.