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The Virgin and Child Accompanied by Saints

(Italian, about 1510–about 1550)
mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in gray-green and black
DimensionsSheet: 30.9 x 21.5 cm (12 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)(trimmed slightly into the image)
Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession number21.10790
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceDr. 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.
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