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Tobias and the Angel
late 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in brown and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 43 x 29 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)(trimmed to or slightly into the borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.027.9
Marks
Verso, upper center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Pierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1673; verso, lower center, in brown ink, the duplicate stamp of the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); verso, on backing strip, bottom center, the same mark; verso, on backing strip, bottom right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1673; Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975