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St. John
Possibly by: Antonio da Trento (Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in brown, dark brown, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.8 x 15 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)(irregularly trimmed)
Image (borderline): 15.5 x 10.8 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Image (borderline): 15.5 x 10.8 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.1052
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.070.04
Marks
Recto, lower right (partially into the image), stamped in black ink, an unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 70a); verso, upper right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceAn unidentified collector (Lugt 70a); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964