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The Virgin and Child with St. Catherine of Siena and St. Francis

(Italian, 1558/59–1629)
(Italian, 1547–1627)
1585
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in yellow-brown and three darker shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 42.2 x 33.7 cm (16 5/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Lee M. Friedman
Accession number58.1056
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceMartin Folkes, London (1690-1754)(cf. Lugt 1034)(no mark, but note on mat); probably included in his sale, London, Langford, January 15-22, 1756; Lord Northwick (no mark, but note on mat); Lee M. Friedman (b. 1871 - d. 1957; Lugt suppl. 1749a), Boston; November 13, 1958, gift of his estate to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 13, 1958)