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The Adoration of the Magi
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active about 1510–1550)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
After: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)
about 1510–1550
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in three shades of gray-violet
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.2 x 25 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline at the top and sides; lacking 2-3 mm at the bottom)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10851
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.030.3
Marks
Verso, upper 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.