The Four Doctors of the Church

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century

Domenico Beccafumi (Domenico di Giacomo di Pace) (Italian (Sienese), 1486–1551)

mid 16th century

Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in olive brown and black

DimensionsSheet: 21.5 x 16.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)(trimmed into, and in places within, the borderline)

Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer

Accession number21.10808

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InscriptionsRecto, bottom right, in pen and brown ink, "MECERINO"ProvenanceAdalbert 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.