Penance
c. 1650
Artist, French, 1614 - 1676

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with engraving on two sheets of laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 51.4 × 66.3 cm (20 1/4 × 26 1/8 in.) trimmed within platemark
mount: 63 × 79.5 cm (24 13/16 × 31 5/16 in.) -
Accession
2020.102.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 7-8 June 1996, no. 5332, prints from a dilapidated album); (James Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA, 1996); purchased by NGA, 2020.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Nic. Poussin Inventor; lower center in image: 4o; lower right in pen and ink: 66.
Watermarks
double-encircled fleur-de-lys surmounted by an ‘O’ or ‘G’ and shield