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The Hermit

(Italian, 16th century)
(Italian, 1481–1536)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-brown and black
DimensionsSheet: 24.9 x 20.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 24.2 x 19.5 cm (9 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)(not including the registration marks that protrude from each side)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.576
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1668; Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
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