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St. Francis of Assisi

(Italian, 1558/59–1629)
(Italian, 1552–1606)
1591
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in gray-violet, medium brown, dark brown, and black
DimensionsSheet: 31.4 x 22.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 in.)
Image: 31.3 x 22.6 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)(trimmed slightly outside the borderline at the top and sides, and just into the last line of the inscription below the lower borderline at the bottom)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.450
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, in lower margin, right, "Salembini"
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975