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The Massacre of the Innocents

Paul Maupin (French, active 1591–1635)
After: Jacques Stella (French, 1596–1657)
about 1620-1630

Medium/Technique Woodcut in black ink on tan paper (printed from two blocks, one for the subject and one for the decorative border)
Dimensions Sheet: 38.7 × 26.5 cm (15 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)
Image (subject): 29.5 × 18.2 cm (11 5/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Image (decorative border): 38.1 × 26 cm (15 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession Number1996.344
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Marks Verso of backing sheet, left center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsBelow: SS. INNOCENTI. I. STELLA IN.
ProvenanceJames A. Bergquist, Newton, Massachusetts; 1996, from whom purchased (Accession Date: December 18, 1996)