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Object Type
print
Museum number
1881,0611.300
Description
A young woman shown half-length, wearing a lace-trimmed veil, kneeling on the left with her hands together in prayer, confessing to a bearded monk who sits with his hands joined in front of him, tucked into his sleeves; a picture of the Crucifixion on the wall behind them; state republished by Smith. Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Francis Place
After:
Marcellus Laroon II
(?)
Published by:
John Smith, the mezzotinter
School/style
British
Production date
1675-1700
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
260 millimetres
Width:
200 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For an earlier state and more information, see 2010,7081.240.
Bibliographic references
Hake 1921/2 / Some contemporary records relating to Francis Place, with a catalogue of his engraved work
(219.II)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(undescribed)
(after Laroon)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian monk/nun
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Richard Bull
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale 23-29.v.1881/1082)
Purchased through:
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Acquisition date
1881
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1881,0611.300