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Object Type
Museum number: 1933,0610.13
Description: The wise man and the wise woman, standing, full-length; at left, the wise man holding a pair of scales and a right-angle; she looks at a mirror with an image of the crucified Christ; her lips are padlocked and a large key hovers nearby; her belt is a serpent and her feet are cloven Woodcut
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Anthonisz. Theunissen; Published by: Jan Ewoutszoon
School/style
Production date: 1530-1550
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 265 millimetres; Width: 230 millimetres
Curator's comments: The complete print includes two columns of letterpress on either side of the woodcut. A complete version, hand-coloured is in Amsterdam. The wise woman derives from a woodcut print by Anton Woensam von Worms.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (19) (The Muller Dynasty (Jan Harmensz Muller)); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (38)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name: Donated by: Henry Van den Bergh; Donated through: Art Fund (as NACF); Purchased through: C G Boerner (sale Leipzig 22/4.v.1933/700)
Acquisition date: 1933
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1933,0610.13

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