The Virgin, St. Elizabeth, and the Infant St. John the Baptist

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
After: Andrea del Sarto (Italian (Florentine), 1486–1530)

mid 16th–late 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in three shades of brown (apparently reworked with blue wash)

Dimensions Sheet: 50.3 x 36.7 cm (19 13/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP1647

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.067.28

Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); verso, bottom left, stamped in gray-violet ink, the mark of Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, New York, Havana (1825-1893)(Lugt 2020); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, New York, Havana (1825-1893)(Lugt 2020); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897