The Body of Christ Supported by an Angel

Giuseppe Scolari (Italian, last half of the 16th century)

late 16th century

Medium/Technique Woodcut with brush and brown wash

Dimensions Sheet: 46.2 x 31 cm (18 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number1975.537

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

This impression does not have inscription in the block, bottom right, "1582 / KOECK", that appears in the MFA impression M20385.

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Passavant; Rosand and Muraro 100

Marks Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282); verso of backing sheet, lower center, the same mark

InscriptionsRecto, lower right, in pen and black ink, "BS / PI / F" (?)

Provenance1955, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1855), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)