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St. Joseph as Carpenter

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
undated
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite (or black chalk?), with touches of gray and white gouache on tan antique laid paper, incised for transfer
DimensionsSheet: 20.5 x 17.8 cm (8 1/16 x 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maida and George Abrams
Accession number1986.921
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in brown ink in an old hand on the verso at the upper left of the sheet on which the drawing is laid down: Giacomo Geyn,/nato in utrecht l'anno 1565; /mori in sta di 50 anni.- Inscribed in pencil on verso of sheet on which the drawing is laid down: 10 (lower left); "no. 143." (upper right)
ProvenanceMaida and George Abrams, Newton, MA; 1986, their gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 1987)
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