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The Four Doctors of the Church

The Four Doctors of the Church

(Italian (Sienese), 1486–1551)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in olive brown and black
DimensionsSheet: 21.6 x 17 cm (8 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)(trimmed slightly into, and in places within, the borderline)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1649
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Sibyl Reading
Sibyl Reading
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th century
Astronomy
Astronomy
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Mucius Scaevola
Mucius Scaevola
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
The Four Doctors of the Church
The Four Doctors of the Church
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Faun and Nymph
Faun and Nymph
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
A Group of Men and Women
A Group of Men and Women
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Temperance
Temperance
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
about 1540s
A Saint in Supplication
A Saint in Supplication
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
early 17th–mid 17th century
The Virgin, St. Elizabeth, and the Infant St. John the Baptist
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
The Martyrdom of SS Peter and Paul
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Man Holding a Festoon
Man Holding a Festoon
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
16th century
Charity
Charity
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century