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The Pancake Woman
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, 1593–1641)
about 1620
Medium/Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
20.1 x 14.2 cm (7 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.2880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Franken & van der Kellen.66 109, i/iii; Hollstein xxxiii.52.148
Descriptionother title: La faiseuse de crêpes
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: fragmentary
InscriptionsIn plate at bottom:
Surgite, iam vendit pueris ientacula pistor
Cristatæq[ue?] sonant undique lucis aues. Marti. lib. xiv.
J. Velde fec. et excud.
Surgite, iam vendit pueris ientacula pistor
Cristatæq[ue?] sonant undique lucis aues. Marti. lib. xiv.
J. Velde fec. et excud.
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 1963)