PrintsFrench18th century

The Most Beautiful of Mothers

18th century

Artists

Jean MassardArtist

Anthony van DyckArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 44 × 31.9 cm (17 5/16 × 12 9/16 in.) Plate: 53 × 36 cm (20 7/8 × 14 3/16 in.) Sheet: 54.5 × 38.1 cm (21 7/16 × 15 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley, Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

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