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The Four Doctors of the Church
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Probably after: Domenico Beccafumi (Domenico di Giacomo di Pace) (Italian (Sienese), 1486–1551)
Probably after: Domenico Beccafumi (Domenico di Giacomo di Pace) (Italian (Sienese), 1486–1551)
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in olive brown and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.5 x 16.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)(trimmed into, and in places within, the borderline)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10808
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.084.35; Meyer (woodcuts after Beccafumi) 21
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (1836-1909)(Lugt 2773); verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsRecto, bottom right, in pen and brown ink, "MECERINO"
ProvenanceAdalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (b. 1836 - d. 1909), Prague. Dr. 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.