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Raphael and His Mistress

Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
early 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in two shades of brown, violet-brown, and black
Dimensions 27.9 x 21.9 cm (11 x 8 5/8 in.)(trimmed outside the figures, but within the lightest tone block)
Credit Line Gift of Suzannah C. Ames
Accession Number1984.839
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.141.3, different version from either in Illustrated Bartsch
Marks Verso of backing sheet, top center, in pen and black ink, the mark of Thomas Thane, London (1782-1846)(Lugt 811), May 1820; verso of backing sheet, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceThomas Thane, London (1782-1846), May 1820; James B. Ames, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Suzannah C. Ames; her gift to the MFA January 16, 1985