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The Beggars ("Owlglass")

The Beggars ("Owlglass")

(Netherlandish, about 1494–1533)
(Dutch, 1573–1650)
(Dutch, 1573–1650)
1644
Medium/TechniqueEtching with engraved inscription
DimensionsImage: 17 × 14 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 20.4 × 15.3 cm (8 1/16 × 6 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK4688
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in plate, upper center, above image: LUCAS LEYDANUS INVENT.; below image: Dees eerste vorm is wech, men vinter geen voor Ons,/want een papiere druck, gelt vijftich Ducatons.
Provenance1889, Sylvester Rosa Koehler ( b. 1837 - d. 1900), Boston); 1898, his gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1898)