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The Christian Hero
1610
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, apparently printed from two blocks, in tan and black (Bartsch says the image is printed from three blocks)
Dimensions
Sheet: 50.3 x 33.7 cm (19 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Image: 49.7 x 33.4 cm (19 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Image: 49.7 x 33.4 cm (19 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10804
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Bartsch ,,,,,,
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.136.14; Meyer 26, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, lower right-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.