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Allegorical Figure Holding a Sphere

(Italian, 1520–1582)
(Italian, c. 1499–1546)
mid-1560s
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 24.1 x 13.3 cm (9 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)(trimmed substantially within the platemark; lacking 10 mm on each side, 2 mm at the top, and 1 mm at the bottom)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP1513
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Giorgio Ghisi
1554
Giorgio Ghisi
1540s
Giorgio Ghisi
no later than 1575
The Man of Sorrows
Giorgio Ghisi
not later than 1575
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s
Giorgio Ghisi
early 1570s