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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: 21.6 x 17 cm (8 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)(trimmed slightly into, and in places within, the borderline)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1649
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.084.35; Meyer (woodcuts after Beccafumi) 21
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 center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897