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Woman Contemplating a Skull
Woman Contemplating a Skull

Woman Contemplating a Skull

Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1558/59–1629)
Alessandro di Agostino Casolani (Italian, 1552–1606)
1591
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in black and three shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 28.8 x 21.1 cm (11 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.)(trimmed to or into the borderline on all four sides, and lacking the inscription below the lower borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.465
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975