St. Bartholomew
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in light yellow-brown and medium yellow-brown, with a gold borderline, possibly from a third block
DimensionsSheet: 11.8 x 7.6 cm (4 5/8 x 3 in.)
Image: 11.6 x 7.4 cm (4 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)(not including the gold borderline)
Image: 11.6 x 7.4 cm (4 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)(not including the gold borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1055
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This is not the St. Bartholomew described as Bartsch XII.70.6; it is printed from two blocks (as opposed to three for the other prints in Bartsch XII.70), is of slightly different dimensions, and has no borderline.
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
about 1540s
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century
