Cupids Playing
Monogrammist NDB
(Italian, active about 1544)
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
(Italian, 1483–1520)
1544
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in two shades of reddish-brown and dark brown
DimensionsSheet: 28.3 x 38.4 cm (11 1/8 x 15 1/8 in.)(trimmed into the image)
Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession number21.10821
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Provenance1672, Pierre Mariette II (b. 1634 -d. 1716), Paris. Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA.
