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The Martyrdom of SS Peter and Paul

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Attributed to: Antonio da Trento (Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
early 16th–mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in orange-brown, brown, and dark brown
Dimensions Sheet: 30.1 x 47.7 cm (11 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.)(the borderline showing in places)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.1071
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.079.28, i/ii
Marks Verso of backing sheet, upper right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964