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The Christian Hero

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
After: Giovanni Battista Franco (Italian, about 1510–1561)
1610

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in two shades of light olive-brown and black
Dimensions Sheet: 50.7 x 33.5 cm (19 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.452
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.136.14; Meyer I, 26, ii/ii
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink (very faintly), the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975