Raphael and His Mistress
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
(Italian, 1483–1520)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in four shades of gray-green
DimensionsSheet: 31.5 x 23.2 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)(apparently trimmed to the edge of the image)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1127
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Bartsch describes two variants of this print, one with a shadow behind the woman's back, and one without. This impression has a shadow behind the woman's back, but it is shaped differently from the one illustrated in The Illustrated Bartsch. Furthermore, the work behind Raphael's head looks like that of the impression illustrated in TIB without the shadow behind the woman's back, which differs significantly from that of the impression with the shadow illustrated in TIB.
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
