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(Italian, active about 1502–1532)
early 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 25 x 16.7 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)(trimmed c.5-7 mm outside the oval borderline)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1699
On View
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, bottom, in pen and brown ink, "Francisco Parmisan"
ProvenanceAn unidentified collector (mark not in Lugt); Mary Jane Morgan, New York (d. before 1886)(Lugt 1879); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897

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