Temperance

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century

Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547)

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)

about 1540s

Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in olive brown, dark brown, and black

DimensionsSheet: 14.1 x 9.6 cm (5 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)(trimmed into, or slightly inside, the borderline)

Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession number64.1123

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ClassificationsPrints

Collections

ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964

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