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The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints

(Italian, active about 1550–1600)
late 16th century
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in three shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 35.4 x 24.2 cm (13 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)(trimmed within the image, with false borderlines drawn in)
Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession number21.10869
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.