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Death of Lucretia
Paulus Moreelse (Dutch, 1571–1638)
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut in two tone blocks and one line block
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.2 × 32.6 cm (10 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1630
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XIV, Moreelse) I (II/III)
State
II/III
Signed
Signed in block, upper right: PMoreelse In:/1612; underneath is the monogram of the unidentified block cutter over a cutting tool
Marks
Watermark (though not deciphered); verso, in old ink: T416; 19; A. B. Jayre; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. (Henry Foster Sewall; Lugt 1309; MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870) with accession number in black ink: 1630.
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?
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)