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Woman Contemplating a Skull
1591
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from four blocks in black and three shades of gray-green
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.8 x 21.3 cm (13 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.)(trimmed to the borderline at the top and sides, and to the lower edge of the inscription at the bottom)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK31
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch XII.148.14
Marks
Verso, lower left-center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Pierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1679; verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900)(Lugt 1580); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
ProvenancePierre Mariette II, Paris (1634-1716)(Lugt 1789), 1679; Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900); his gift to the MFA October 20, 1898