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Woman Sitting Over a Fire

Woman Sitting Over a Fire

(Italian, 1558/59–1629)
(Italian, 1553–1623)
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in dark gray and black
DimensionsSheet: 30.4 x 19 cm (11 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)(trimmed into the image)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.473
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
This woodcut is normally printed from four blocks, but this impression is printed only from two.
ProvenanceWilliam Eduard Drugulin, Leipzig (1825-1879)(Lugt 2612); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975