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Two Young Women Dancing with Cupid
Paulus Moreelse (Dutch, 1571–1638)
1612
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut with one gray tone block
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.9 × 29.4 cm (9 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10873
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XIV, Moreelse) 2 (II/II)
State
II/II
Signed
Signed and dated in block, lower left: PMorelse/1612
Marks
Watermark: small coat of arms [?]; in graphite: 14616/; MFA stamp in black (Lugt 282) with old accession number in graphite: 28795
InscriptionsInscription upper left: Aligerum trahit hic puerum lasciua Iuventas,/Sed quem non firmæ concomitantur opes:; upper right: Luxux & ad tenebras effrons hos ducit opacæ; Noctis, vt æternæ vinciat iranecis.
ProvenanceDr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)