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
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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.
