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The Four Doctors of the Church
The Four Doctors of the Church

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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
The Four Doctors of the Church
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
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Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th century
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Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Mucius Scaevola
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Faun and Nymph
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
A Group of Men and Women
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Temperance
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
about 1540s
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Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
early 17th–mid 17th century
The Virgin, St. Elizabeth, and the Infant St. John the Baptist
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century
The Martyrdom of SS Peter and Paul
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Man Holding a Festoon
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
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The Virgin and Child Accompanied by Saints
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century