The Presentation in the Temple

Formerly attributed to: Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Possibly after: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
Possibly after: Francesco Salviati (Italian, 1510–1563)

early 16th–mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in four shades of reddish brown

Dimensions Sheet: 40.5 x 29.5 cm (15 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)(trimmed very slightly into the image)

Credit Line Museum purchase

Accession NumberM20380

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.031.6, i/ii; Meyer (Andreani) II, 4, ii/ii

Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

ProvenanceH. G. Gutekunst. Stuttgart; purchased there at auction by MFA May 1, 1905