Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee

Alessandro Gandini (Italian, active about 1550–1600)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)

late 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in shades of blue-gray

Dimensions Sheet: 24.8 x 36.3 cm (9 3/4 x 14 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the image)

Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number1975.520

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.041.18

Marks Verso, bottom center, in brown ink, the duplicate stamp of the Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)

InscriptionsIn the lighter tone block, lower right, "Taglio d'Alexro Ghandinj"

ProvenanceAlbertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); between 1922 and 1948, deaccessioned by the Albertina and sold. W.G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1975, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)