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: 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
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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.
mid-16th century
late 16th–early 17th century
late 16th century
late 16th century
about 1510–1550
about 1510–1550
about 1525–50
about 1510–1550
early 16th century
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