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The Holy Family

(Italian, 1524–1587)
1550
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of gray-green
DimensionsSheet: 15.5 x 11.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Image (borderline): 15 x 11 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.515
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper left, in the line block, "1550"; bottom, in the lightest block, "ANTONIVS CREMONENSIS I.V."
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797- d. 1854), Dresden (Lugt 971). W. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1975, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1975)
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