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The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth

(Italian, active about 1544)
(Italian, 1494–1541)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in medium red-brown, dark red-brown, and black
DimensionsSheet: 23.5 x 19.2 cm (9 1/4 x 7 9/16 in.)(trimmed into the image)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.530
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(see Lugt 1789); Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975
The Virgin and Child Accompanied by Saints
Monogrammist NDB
mid 16th century
Monogrammist NDB
1544
Monogrammist NDB
1544
Prudence
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Faith
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Antonio Maria Zanetti I
1722
Antonio Maria Zanetti I
1724
The Head of Christ
Monogrammist NB
mid 16th–late 16th century