The Woman with the Pear

Ferdinand Bol1651

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Title: The Woman with the Pear
Creator: Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616-1680)
Date Created: 1651
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 14.9 x 12.2 cm (5 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.); Platemark: 14.7 x 11.9 cm (5 13/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
Provenance: Albertina, Vienna, stamp (Lugt 174), lower left verso in red ink. (Kennedy & Co, New York, 10/15/27); sold to Lewis B. Williams (1927-1943), Cleveland.
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.550
Medium: etching and drypoint with granular bitten tone
State of work: iii/iv
Inscriptions: lower left, in plate: Bol 1651 ; upper center, in graphite: 13 ; lower center, in graphite: Holl III 1[8?]. [f?]. 12 [ii?] ; lower center, in graphite: D 281 ; lower center, in graphite: 16/3 ; lower left, in graphite: 106_/a ; lower left, in graphite: a667
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1943.550

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