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The Circumcision


The Presentation in the Temple
Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Probably after: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
early 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in three shades of red-brown and black
Dimensions Sheet: 38.5 x 29.2 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.)(lacking c.18 mm at the top; trimmed slightly into the image on the other three sides)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.1030
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.031.6, i/ii
Marks Verso of backing sheet, upper right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (not in Lugt)
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964