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The Death of Ajax
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active about 1510–1550)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
After: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
about 1525–50
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in light yellow-gray, gray, and black
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.1 x 42.6 cm (12 5/8 x 16 3/4 in.)(trimmed to, or slightly into, the borderline)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Accession NumberM9725
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.099.9, ii/ii
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); verso, bottom left, stamped in gray ink, the mark of Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, New York, Havana (1825-1893)(Lugt 2020); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, New York, Havana (1825-1893)(Lugt 2020); his sale, American Art Association, New York, May 10-11, 1894, lot 2079; purchased there by MFA