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The Death of Ajax
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active about 1510–1550)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
about 1525–50
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in light brown, blue-gray, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 34 x 44.8 cm (13 3/8 x 17 5/8 in.)
Image (borderline): 31.7 x 41.8 cm (12 1/2 x 16 7/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 31.7 x 41.8 cm (12 1/2 x 16 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.1084
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.099.9, i/ii
Marks
Verso, bottom right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of Dr. Julius Hofmann, Carlsbad and Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); verso, top center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)
ProvenanceDr. Julius Hofmann, Carlsbad and Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964