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Two Peasant Women Resting
Louis Spirinx (French, 1643–1681)
about 1660-1680
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.3 × 15.8 cm (4 7/16 × 6 1/4 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3406.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Wurzbach, Hollstein, or Le Blanc
Marks
Verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, lower margin, "Ayant chemine [sic] longuement. . . "; engraved in the plate, bottom right, "AB inven" and "7"
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826-d. 1899), Boston, Paris; 1899, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)