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Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist

Giovanni Gallo (Italian, 16th century)
After: Marco Pino (Italian, about 1525–about 1587)
about 1570s-80s

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in three shades of red, and dark brown
Dimensions Sheet: 41.5 x 26.5 cm (16 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number87.823
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.058.15
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot (b. 1790- d. 1876), Paris (Lugt 119). By 1888, Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, sold by Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 7, 2017)

NOTES: [1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.