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The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints
Alessandro Gandini (Italian, active about 1550–1600)
Possibly after: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
Possibly after: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
late 16th century
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.4 x 24.2 cm (13 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)(trimmed within the image, with false borderlines drawn in)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10869
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.065.25
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.