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Allegory of Virtue
1585
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from the line block only
Dimensions
Sheet: 44.8 x 31.7 cm (17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.472
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.130.9; Meyer I, 25
Marks
Recto, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971); verso, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of H. Füssli & Cie, Zurich (Lugt 1008); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971); H. Füssli & Cie, Zurich (Lugt 1008); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975