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A Giant (Study for "The Fall of the Giants")
1638
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in light tan, medium tan, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.6 x 19.4 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in.)(trimmed to borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10864
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.116.13; Takahatake 21 (Version B), i/vii
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceDr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA.