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The Academy of Arts and Sciences (Frontispiece to Francesco Marcolino da Forlì, Le sorti di Francesco Marcolino da Forlì, intitolate giardino di pensieri)
Giuseppe Salviati (Italian, about 1520–about 1575)
1540
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.3 x 19.6 cm (9 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 23.9 x 19.4 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Image (borderline): 23.9 x 19.4 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10849
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Passavant, v. VI, pp. 240-241, no. 89 ("d'après Giuseppe Porta")("probablement gravée par Marcolini")
Marks
Verso, upper 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.