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Portrait of Giovanni Battista Spada

(Italian, 1659–1746)
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in gray-green and black
DimensionsSheet: 33.3 x 21.8 cm (13 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Image: 28 x 17.9 cm (11 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.618
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn the tone block, lower left, "Moretti Inta.io"
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
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