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An Architectural Stage Set

(Netherlandish, 1527–1606?)
mid 16th–early 17th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in orange-brown, red-brown, and black
Dimensions24.42 x 34.45 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.431
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, bottom left, in pen and black ink, "Joh. Fredeman de Vries 1527."
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
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