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Portrait of Charles V
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Portrait of Charles V

Giovanni Britto (Italian, active about 1550)
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
about 1550
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut
DimensionsSheet: 50.5 x 36 cm (19 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 50 x 35.6 cm (19 11/16 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession number21.10805
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceJules Michelin (c.1815 - d. 1870), Paris. An unidentified collector. Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (b. 1836 - d. 1909), Prague. Dr. 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.