A Woman Working Flax (?) and a Woman Sewing
DrawingsFlemish17th century

A Woman Working Flax (?) and a Woman Sewing

17th century

Artists

Pieter StevensArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Culture
Flemish
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.8 x 22.6 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Dr. Barry Delany, Isle of Alienes, Kilkenny, Ireland (L. 350, with his mark). [Hyman Swetzoff Gallery, Boston]. Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

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