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Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate

about 1527–1530
Medium/TechniqueEtching and chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in two shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 21.8 x 38 cm (8 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)(trimmed within the image c. 25 mm at the left and c. 54 mm at the top, and an ink borderline drawn in on all four sides)
Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession number21.10807
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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.