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Two Seamstresses

(Dutch, 1625 – before 1657)
(Netherlandish, 1586–1652)
about 1648–50
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 21.2 x 16.8 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP8117
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: 1 In plate, at lower left: Geertruyt Rogman / invenit et Sculpsit. / IVisscher Excudebat.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.