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The Head of Christ
Monogrammist NB (Italian, 16th century)
mid 16th–late 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in tan, medium brown, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.7 x 25.3 cm (13 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 34.4 x 25.2 cm (13 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 34.4 x 25.2 cm (13 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1975.531
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.047.28
Marks
Verso, bottom 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)
ProvenanceAlbertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975