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The Pancake Woman
The Pancake Woman

The Pancake Woman

Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, 1593–1641)
about 1620
Medium/TechniqueEngraving and etching
Dimensions20.1 x 14.2 cm (7 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number63.2880
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate at bottom: Surgite, iam vendit pueris ientacula pistor Cristatæq[ue?] sonant undique lucis aues. Marti. lib. xiv. J. Velde fec. et excud.ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (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)