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The Alliance of Peace and Abundance
1627–42
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-blue and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.7 x 15.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Image (borderline): 21.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Image (borderline): 21.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.598
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.131.10, iii/iv; Takahatake 23 (Version B), iii/iv (touched impression)
DescriptionThe date "1642" filled in with gray-blue ink after the blocks were printed, as described by Bartsch. The hand inking extends up around the top of the inscription at lower left.
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceJ. Smith; Bright; W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975