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Sibyl
about 1640
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in olive-gray and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.1 x 19.5 cm (11 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)(trimmed to borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10861
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.087.2; Takahatake 13, only state
Marks
Verso, center, 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.