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Circe Drinking with the Companions of Ulysses

(Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in light orange-brown, orange-brown, dark orange-brown, and black
DimensionsSheet: 22.4 x 20.5 cm (8 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Image: 21.9 x 20 cm (8 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1097
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
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