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St. John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert (verso: Two Studies of Female Figures)
Niccolo Boldrini (Italian, about 1500–after 1566)
After: Domenico Campagnola (Italian, 1500–1564)
Girolamo da Carpi (Italian, 1501–1556)
After: Domenico Campagnola (Italian, 1500–1564)
Girolamo da Carpi (Italian, 1501–1556)
about 1549–54
Medium/Technique
Woodcut (verso: sketch in pen and brown ink)
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.6 x 42.9 cm (12 1/16 x 16 7/8 in.)(trimmed to, or slightly into, the borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.485
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Passavant V, 172, 5
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in red-orange ink, the mark of John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929)(Lugt 1508); verso, bottom center, the same mark; verso, bottom right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)
ProvenanceJohn Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929)(Lugt 1508); W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975