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: 21.6 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

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ClassificationsPrints

Collections

ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897

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