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Monogrammist NDB (Italian, active about 1544)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
1544
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in two shades of reddish-brown and dark brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.3 x 38.4 cm (11 1/8 x 15 1/8 in.)(trimmed into the image)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10821
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.109.5
Marks
Recto, bottom right, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Pierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1788), 1672; verso, upper center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
Provenance1672, Pierre Mariette II (b. 1634 -d. 1716), Paris. Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA.