The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints
Alessandro Gandini
(Italian, active about 1550–1600)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
late 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 36 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)(trimmed to the borderline)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.519
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ProvenanceDr. Julius Hofmann, Karlsbad, Vienna (1840-1913)(Lugt 1264); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century