Nude Man Seen from Behind

Antonio da Trento (Italian, about 1510–about 1550)

Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, 1503–1540)

about 1530–1550

Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks, in light yellow-brown and dark brown

DimensionsSheet: 28.9 x 18.1 cm (11 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.)(trimmed to, or slightly into, the borderline)

Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer

Accession number21.10854

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ClassificationsPrints

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ProvenancePossibly Edmund Prideaux (d. 1745)(Lugt 888). Dr. 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.