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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, last half of the 16th century)
After: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
After: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
late 16th century
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 53.5 x 37.2 cm (21 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.)(with thread margins around the borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10818
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
This impression is different from M21348 and 52.1091. The block has been reworked in many places between the two states.
Catalogue Raisonné
Passavant VI, 234, 57; t; Rosand and Muraro 97a
DescriptionFirst state
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (Lugt 2773)
Verso, lower right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
Verso, lower right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAdalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (b. 1836 - d. 1909; Lugt 2773), Prague. Dr. 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. ?); 1921, their gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)