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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 Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK41
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 (yes, but not identified); verso, MFA Koehler collection stamp in purple ink, with accession number in ink: K43; in graphite: 978 . W
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.
Provenance1898, gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900) to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA.
NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA.