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The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth
mid 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in medium red-brown, dark red-brown, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.5 x 19.2 cm (9 1/4 x 7 9/16 in.)(trimmed into the image)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.530
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.059.17
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, in pen and black ink, the mark of Pierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(similar to Lugt 1789); verso of backing sheet, bottom center, in brown ink, the duplicate stamp of the Albertina (Lugt 5g); verso of backing sheet, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(see Lugt 1789); Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975