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A Man Beating His Wife
French
about 1633
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.6 × 42.5 cm (13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 26.1 × 33.5 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 26.1 × 33.5 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.974
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 0965, only state; Duplessis 1383, only state; IFF 1383; Le Blanc 840
DescriptionWife and children pleading to angry husband. "Tu veux donc tousiours m'irriter..."
Etching and engraving on white laid paper.
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé. Pair with 44.975.
Etching and engraving on white laid paper.
Bound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé. Pair with 44.975.
Marks
Verso, bottom left, 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)