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The Martyrdom of SS Peter and Paul

(Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
early 16th–mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in orange-brown, brown, and dark brown
DimensionsSheet: 30.1 x 47.7 cm (11 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.)(the borderline showing in places)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1071
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
Strength
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Study of an Old Man
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Raphael and His Mistress
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Faith
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Nymphs Bathing
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Charity
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Nymphs Bathing
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Homage Rendered to Psyche
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Scipio Africanus
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
An Architectural Stage Set
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–early 17th century
An Architectural Stage Set
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–early 17th century
The Virgin and Child with St. John the Evangelist
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th–early 17th century