Artist: Cornelis Bega (Dutch, 1631/32-1664), painter, draughtsman, and etcher in Haarlem. Pupil of Adriaen van Ostade in late 1640s.
Title: The young mother.
Dimensions: Sheet 5 1/4" x 4 3/8" (trimmed). Backing sheet 7" x 10 1/8".
Publisher: John McCreery, English publisher and printer (1768-1832).
Edition: A Collection of Original Etchings. Published by McCreery. London, 1816. The original copper plates were believed to have been destroyed after this publication.
Date: 1642 - 1664 plate. 1816 (published).
Materials and Techniques: etching on a thin, lightweight wove paper printed without margins. Mounted on the same paper as other McCreery prints and presumably taken from the same volume because of the same gilded edges and matching size.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Laid down. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum. Series: A collection of original etchings 1958,0523.5.1-194. The Rijksmuseum RP-P-BI-775. Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University The Mother and Her Husband 1939.D1.199.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C.