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The Family, La famille

(Dutch, 1610–1684)
1647
Medium/TechniqueEtching, first state
DimensionsPlatemark: 17.8 × 16 cm (7 × 6 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 20.5 × 18.6 cm (8 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number63.2846
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsAV Ostade (LR)
Provenance1891, Francis Seymour Haden (b. 1818 - d. 1910; L. 1227), London; June 15, 1891, Haden sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 314. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans (Mrs. Christopher) Tunnard (b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 30, 1963)