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The Seller of Rat Poison
about 1640-1665
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.1 x 14.4 cm (8 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Ruth M. Campbell Fund
Accession Number2002.76
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 1404, only state; Duplessis 1347, only state; IFF 1347; from Le Blanc 756
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsEngraved in lower margin, "Un hidalgo qui aux combats ... Va criant de la mort aux rats."
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab Master Prints and Drawings, Inc., New York; from whom purchased March 20, 2002