Circe Drinking with the Companions of Ulysses
Antonio da Trento
(Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-green and black (see Note)
DimensionsSheet: 21.5 x 19.6 cm (8 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)(trimmed to the borderline at the bottom, into the borderline at the top, and within the borderline at the sides)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1099
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The tone block used in the first state of Bartsch XII.111.8, as shown in The Illustrated Bartsch, covers much of the print, including the four corners outside of the oval borderline but inside the outer rectangular borderline. However, the tone block used in this impression looks similar to, and may be, one of the tone blocks used in Bartsch XII.111.7, and covers only the same area covered by the line block, with the result that almost all of the background area, including the four corners, is blank.
ProvenanceGiuseppe (Joseph) Storck, Milan (1766-1836)(Lugt 2319), 1799; Franz Gawet, Vienna (1762/65-1847)(Lugt 1069), 1822; W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
