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Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses
Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Ugo da Carpi (Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Baldassare Peruzzi (Italian, 1481–1536)
about 1517–18
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in light gray and black
DimensionsSheet: 29.6 x 22.8 cm (11 5/8 x 9 in.)(trimmed to, or slightly into, the borderline)
Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession number21.10830
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
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