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The Adoration of the Magi

about 1510–1550

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in two shades of grayish-brown and dark brown
Dimensions Sheet: 16.6 x 23.9 cm (6 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit Line Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10850
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.029.2, ii/ii
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.