Two Young Women Dancing with Cupid

Paulus Moreelse (Dutch, 1571–1638)

1612

Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut with one gray tone block

DimensionsSheet: 23.9 × 29.4 cm (9 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer

Accession number21.10873

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InscriptionsInscription upper left: Aligerum trahit hic puerum lasciua Iuventas,/Sed quem non firmæ concomitantur opes:; upper right: Luxux & ad tenebras effrons hos ducit opacæ; Noctis, vt æternæ vinciat iranecis.

ProvenanceDr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)