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The Death of Lucretia
Paulus Moreelse (Dutch, 1571–1638)
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut in two tone blocks and one line block
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.6 × 33.1 cm (10 7/8 × 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer
Accession Number21.10874
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XIV, Moreelse) I (III/III)
State
III/III
Signed
Signed in block, upper right: PMoreelse In:/1612; underneath is the monogram of the unidentified block cutter over a cutting tool, though obscured by the addition of vertical lines in this second state state
Marks
Verso, torn impression is backed with a paper lining, with the MFA stamp and old accession number in ink: 28796
InscriptionsInscription in letterpress in lower margin, lower left: Nataiaces, cast: exemplum memorabile zeli,/Nataiaces, gemino sed superatamalo; and lower right: Corruptum est corpus, men's incorrupta remansit:/In te damnasti, cur scelus alterius?
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)