Lady Weighing Pearls
Lady Weighing Pearls

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Lady Weighing Pearls

Timothy Cole, American, 1852–1931
after Jan Vermeer, Dutch, 1632–1675
x1959-52

Information

Title
Lady Weighing Pearls
Maker
Timothy Cole
after Jan Vermeer
Medium

Wood engraving

Dimensions

block: 23.5 × 19.5 cm (9 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 39 × 30.5 cm (15 3/8 × 12 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock, Class of 1908

Object Number
x1959-52
Signatures

Signed in graphite, lower right: Timothy Cole

Inscription

Inscribed in block, lower left: T. Cole Sc. 1925
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Vermeer. Lady Weighing Pearls / Wiedner Col. Philadelphia

Culture
American
Type
prints, wood engravings
Subject
scale components, pearl, women

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