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Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses
about 1517–18
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in light gray and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.6 x 22.8 cm (11 5/8 x 9 in.)(trimmed to, or slightly into, the borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10830
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.133.12, ii/ii
DescriptionThe lower right corner has been deceptively repaired, and the image there is diffenent from the original print
Marks
Verso, slightly left of 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.