The Circumcision
Ugo da Carpi
(Italian, active about 1502–1532)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
early 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks, in yellow-brown and three shades of grayish brown
DimensionsPlatemark: 40.2 x 29.4 cm (15 13/16 x 11 9/16 in.)(with the borderline showing at the right, and trimmed slightly into the image on the other three sides)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.1031
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ProvenanceOttokar Mascha, Vienna (1852-c.1931)(Lugt 1904); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 23, 1964
