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The Old Hostess
Cornelis Pietersz Bega (Dutch, 1620–1664)
1661–64
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Platemark :17.5 x 13.2 cm (6 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Sheet:17.6 x 13.3 cm (6 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet:17.6 x 13.3 cm (6 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Clifford S. Ackley in memory of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession Number2001.824
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 32; Bartsch 32 ii/iii
Signed
not signed
Marks
No watermark evident
InscriptionsIn brown ink, verso, center: P. Mariette 1672 [similar to Lugt 1790]
In graphite, verso, center: 32
In graphite, verso, l.r.: 30
In brown ink, verso, l.r.: Begga [sic]
In graphite, verso, center: 32
In graphite, verso, l.r.: 30
In brown ink, verso, l.r.: Begga [sic]
ProvenancePierre Mariette (1634-1716, Paris, Lugt 1788); Eleanor A. Sayre (1916-2001, Cambridge, MA); given by her to Clifford S. Ackley, Boston; given by him to MFA, December 2001