L'Epouilleuse (Woman Catching Fleas)
L'Epouilleuse (Woman Catching Fleas)

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L'Epouilleuse (Woman Catching Fleas),

1633–72

Attributed to Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch, 1610–1685
x1934-503

Information

Title
L'Epouilleuse (Woman Catching Fleas)
Dates

1633–72

Maker
Attributed to Adriaen van Ostade
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 15.2 x 19.5 cm. (6 x 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 16.2 x 19.8 cm (6 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-503
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands, Haarlem

Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector James Reiss's stamp, verso: (Lugt 1522 or 1523)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 57.35; Godefroy A II; Hollstein a II
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), rooms, men, women

James Reiss [1812-1899, Lugt 1522]; Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.

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