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A Man Meditating

mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in gray, green, and black
DimensionsSheet: 12.9 x 10.3 cm (5 1/16 x 4 1/16 in.) (trimmed to, or slightly into, the borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.406
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePurchased by J.C.J. Bierens de Haan at the Wunsch sale May, 1927; given by him to W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
Prudence
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Hope
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Strength
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Homage Rendered to Psyche
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
early 16th–mid 16th century
Nymphs Bathing
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Charity
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Nymphs Bathing
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Homage Rendered to Psyche
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Hope
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Prudence
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
The Virgin and Child Accompanied by Saints
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century