The Milkmaid

Gerrit Claesz Bleker1643

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Title: The Milkmaid
Creator: Gerrit Claesz. Bleker (Dutch, 1656)
Date Created: 1643
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 15.7 x 24.1 cm (6 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Joseph Grunling (d. 1845), Vienna, stamp (Lugt 1463) lower left, verso, in black ink. (Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 7/4/28); sold to Lewis B. Williams (1928-1943), Cleveland.
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.547
Medium: etching with surface tone
State of work: i/ii
Inscriptions: lower left, in plate: GBleker f 1643 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: Bleker ; lower left, in graphite: 18[4?]a / f10-C M ; lower left, in graphite: 38622/g5 ; lower center, in brown ink: 218 ; lower right, in graphite: B.9. W. 9 I ; lower right, in graphite: [15?]
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1943.547

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