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A Woman Carrying a Pot of Milk to Market on Her Head

Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Published by: Jean Le Blond I (French, 1590/94–1666)
French
1640s
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 21.3 × 14.6 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.963
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsAlbums

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 1410, only state; Duplessis 1368, only state; IFF 1368
DescriptionWoman (milk maid) carrying pot on her head.
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé. Mounted on page with 44.964.
Marks Verso, lower right-center, stamped in yellow-brown ink, the mark of the MFA Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (b. 1620-d. 1706), London. Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873-d. 1957), Chicago; 1944, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 8, 1996)