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Woman with Two Children and a Blank Shield

(German or Netherlandish, active last quarter of the 15th century)
about 1475–80
Medium/TechniqueDrypoint
DimensionsOverall: 12 x 14cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/2in.)
Other (Sheet): 17.7 × 12.8 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number66.375
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1893, Count Andreas Martiner von Maltzan (b. 1863 - d. 1921), Militsch Castle, Silesia (present-day Milicz, Poland) [see note 1]. 1966, sold by Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984), Forest Hills, NY, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 1966)

NOTES: [1] See Max Lehrs, The Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet (London, 1893), p. 7. no. 82.
19th/early 20th century photograph of the print
Master of the Housebook (Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet)
about 1475–80
Master of the Housebook (Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet)
Man seated, holding a shield or escutcheon
Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet
Master of Amsterdam
Jar (pelike) with Sphinx terrorizing Theban youths
the Class of Cabinet des Medailles 390
about 475 B.C.
The Baptism of Christ
Master HOS with the knife (also known as Master BOS with the knife)
about 1490–1500
Teentoonstelling van Werken van Jan Toorop
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1941