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The Hermit
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-brown and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.9 x 20.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 24.2 x 19.5 cm (9 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)(not including the registration marks that protrude from each side)
Image (borderline): 24.2 x 19.5 cm (9 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)(not including the registration marks that protrude from each side)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.576
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.147.11; Nagler, Monogrammisten, V, 2031, 3
Marks
Verso, lower left, in pen and black ink, the mark of Pierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1668; verso, bottom left-center, in brown ink, the duplicate stamp of the Albertina (Lugt 5g); verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1668; Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975