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A Giant (Study for "The Fall of the Giants")

(Italian, 1599–1676)
(Italian, 1575–1642)
1638
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from five blocks, in black and four shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 25.7 x 19.3 cm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)(trimmed to, or slightly within, borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.606
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left: Guido Rhenus/Bonon. Inuen./Bart. Coriolan' Eq. Sculp.; lower center: 1638.
ProvenanceAlbertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
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