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Portrait of Jacob Backer

Portrait of Jacob Backer

(Netherlandish, 1613–about 1660)
about 1661
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 15.8 x 10.8 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP17903
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn graphite, recto, b.c.: proof In plate, l.l.: Iac. Backer delin. In plate, b.c.: Pet. Bailliu Sculp. In plate, l.r.: Io. Meissens excud. In plate, in margin: JACOB BACKER / Est un excellent paintre en grande, fort inventif, et bon couloreur qui s'entend tres / bien pour faire un bon nud [sic]; et il est fort adrioet pour faire un portraiet, est natif / de la ville de Haerlinge, en l'an 16__ et il se tient a Amstelredam."
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York [Lugt 1309]; 1897, purchased through the Harvey D. Parker Fund [Lugt 1870] by the MFA. (Accession date: October 21, 1897)