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Woman Contemplating a Skull
1591
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in black and three shades of gray-green
Dimensions
Sheet: 39.3 x 26.9 cm (15 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.)
Image: 33.9 x 21.4 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)(including the inscription)
Image: 28.8 x 21.4 cm (11 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)(borderline)
Image: 33.9 x 21.4 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)(including the inscription)
Image: 28.8 x 21.4 cm (11 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)(borderline)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.467
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.148.14
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1975, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)