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Heads of Two Women

Jean Pesne (French, 1623–1700)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
Published by: Nicolas Langlois I (French, 1640–1703)
about 1670-1680

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 22 × 15.8 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 20 × 14.2 cm (7 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM18247
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 77, ii/ii; Le Blanc 70, ii/ii
Marks Verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
ProvenanceGardner Brewer (b. 1806-d. 1874), Boston; 1874, by bequest to his daughter, Caroline A. Brewer (Mrs. Arthur Croft)(d. 1898); 1898, her bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1902)