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Mucius Scaevola
1608
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in light gray-brown, medium gray-brown, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.3 x 21.2 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)(trimmed just outside the borderline at the top and sides, and into the image at the bottom)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.098.7
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceDr. 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.