Young Woman Gone to Sleep over Her Wine

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G211
People: Hendrik Bary, Dutch (1640 - 1707)
After Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1635 - 1681 Leiden, Netherlands)
Title: Young Woman Gone to Sleep over Her Wine
Other Titles: Original Language Title: De Wijn Is een Spotter (Proverbs 20:1)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1670
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/276308

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

29.1 × 19.7 cm (11 7/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Prov: Cap 20 ver. 1 / De wijn is een spotter / Hier leend Barÿ de handt aen Mieris groote geest, / dus kan het Konigs woord 'tgesigt als dóoren raken. / de dronkenschap bespot sig selven altÿd meest / hoewel Z' op anderen haar overlast wil braken. / F. van Mieris figuravit 1664 HBary Sculp. 1670 Chr: Pierson / Petrus Schenk Iunior Excudit N.41

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii
Standard Reference Number: H. 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G211
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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