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Raphael and His Mistress

mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in light orange-brown, medium orange-brown, dark orange-brown, and black
DimensionsSheet: 34.7 x 23.6 cm (13 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Image: 31.1 x 22.8 cm (12 1/4 x 9 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1129
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
Bartsch describes two variants of this print, one with a shadow behind the woman's back, and one without. This impression has the shadow, but the work behind Raphael's back resembles that of the impression without the shadow illustrated in The Illustrated Bartsch, rather than that of the impression with the shadow.
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
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