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Allegory of Virtue
1585
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in four shades of gray-violet
Dimensions
Sheet: 45.7 x 31.1 cm (18 x 12 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number1986.115
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.130.9, ii/ii; Meyer I, 25, i/ii
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, lower 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 March 26, 1986