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Allegory of Virtue

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
After: Jacopo Ligozzi (Italian, 1547–1627)
Published by: Heinrich Stacker (German, active 16th–17th century)
1585

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in three shades of reddish-brown and black
Dimensions Sheet: 47.6 x 32.7 cm (18 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.471
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.130.9, ii/ii; Meyer I, 25, i/ii
Marks Recto, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Edmund Prideaux (died 1745)(Lugt 893); verso of backing sheet, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792)(Lugt 2364); verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceEdmund Prideaux (d. 1745; Lugt 893), England. Sir Joshua Reynolds (b. 1723 - d. 1792; Lugt 2364), London. W.G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1975, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)