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David and Goliath

Alessandro Gandini (Italian, active about 1550–1600)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
late 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-blue and black
Dimensions Sheet: 30.4 x 20.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.522
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.026.7 (as anonymous)
Marks Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
InscriptionsIn the tone block, bottom right, "AE / Gan / dino"
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975