The Death of Ajax
Giuseppe Niccolò Rossigliani, called Niccolò Vicentino
(Italian, active about 1510–1550)
Polidoro da Caravaggio
(Italian, about 1497–about 1543)
about 1525–50
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks, in light yellow-gray, gray, and black
DimensionsSheet: 32.1 x 42.6 cm (12 5/8 x 16 3/4 in.)(trimmed to, or slightly into, the borderline)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Accession numberM9725
On View
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Collections
ProvenanceAmbroise Firmin-Didot, Paris (1790-1876)(Lugt 119); Juan Jorge (John J.) Peoli, New York, Havana (1825-1893)(Lugt 2020); his sale, American Art Association, New York, May 10-11, 1894, lot 2079; purchased there by MFA
1637/1642
1608
1587
late 16th–mid 17th century
about 1510–1550
about 1510–1550
about 1525–50