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Theatrum Pictorium
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Object type
Museum number
1982,U.2070
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Title (series)
- Theatrum Pictorium
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Description
Martha trying to convert her sister. Interior of a room with Mary Magdalene seated at a toilet-table, Martha at left and pleading with her, a servant beyond; after Francesco Lupicini. c.1656-1660
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Producer name
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School/style
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Date
- 1656-1660 (c.)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 227 millimetres
- Width: 169 millimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Content
Lettered in lower margin: "F. Lopitsino p." and "10 Alta 7 Lata" and "241" and "I. Troyen f.".
Lettered below the impression: "Teniers Gal.".
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Curator's comments
This is one from 246 plates of Teniers' Theatre of Paintings, for comment on the series see 1850,0713.20. After the painting (in reverse) in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv.no.364.
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Bibliography
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Location
Not on display (D+F XVIIc Unmounted Roy)
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Associated names
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Department
Prints & Drawings
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Registration number
1982,U.2070

Recto
Martha trying to convert her sister. Interior of a room with Mary Magdalene seated at a toilet-table, Martha at left and pleading with her, a servant beyond; after Francesco Lupicini; from a series of fifty-four etchings as part of the Theatre of Paintings (Theatrum Pictorum) by David Teniers the Younger Etching
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