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The Christian Hero
1610
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in light orange-brown and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.6 x 28.9 cm (15 3/16 x 11 3/8 in.)(trimmed to the inner borderline at the top and sides, and lacking the dedication at the bottom)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.451
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.136.14; Meyer I, 26, indeterminate state (trimmed above the portion of the sheet with the dedication)
Marks
Recto, bottom right, stamped in blue ink, the mark of Karl Ewald Hasse, Göttingen (1810-1902)(Lugt 860); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceKarl Ewald Hasse, Göttingen (1810-1902)(Lugt 860); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975