The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints

Alessandro Gandini (Italian, active about 1550–1600)
Possibly after: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)

late 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of brown

Dimensions Sheet: 36 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)

Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number1975.519

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.065.25

Marks Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of Dr. Julius Hofmann, Karlsbad, Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)

ProvenanceDr. Julius Hofmann, Karlsbad, Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975