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Shrove Tuesday

(Netherlandish, 1525–1569)
(Netherlandish, active by 1480, died in 1516)
(Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1567
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
Dimensions22.54 x 28.89 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
Credit LineStephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession number1981.89
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at upper left: Hiero . Bos . Inuentor . In plate, at lower left: H. Cock . excudebat . 1567 . In plate, at lower left: Malquers entrez, laisses ce gras grouleur / Bien soies venu a nostre ducasse/chantes, iouez, la vielle de bon coeur / nous faict les gauffres allez bien grasse' / buuons de ces te maluoisi garbe / ce pendant quau sot on faict la barbe / In plate, at lower right: Pÿpt nou brÿ oppe . en speelt van hertten fier / backt wafelen / en struÿuen / om wel te smeeren / tis non al keremisse / sÿt nou brolÿck hier / dus brengf malcanderen eens van den Rynschen cleeren / en wÿlt nou wt ghenuchten de sot wel scheeren
ProvenanceRobert M. Light & Co. (Light: b. 1929 - d. 2016), Boston and Santa Barbara, California; 1981, purchased from Light by the MFA. (Accession Date: April 15, 1981)
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