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The Power of Women (from The Four Powers series, 3rd of 4 plates)
probably about 1590
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.6 × 15.2 cm (8 7/8 × 6 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2998
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Wurzbach 23
Signed
Signed in plate, on pedestal lower left: .P. Perret. fe.; and lower right: .H.Wthouck.in.
Marks
Verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp in purple [Lugt 207], with accession number in ink: 2998; in graphite: Peter Perret/Netherlands, 1579; Allegory on Abundance?
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower margin: Flecto Viros, Regesque domo, diademata gesto .3. Esd. 4. Cap. [I make men yield, I tame kings, I wear royal Diadems]
ProvenanceBefore 1899, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; June 12, 1900, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)