The Pancake Woman

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

The Pancake Woman

Entry/Object ID

2007.52

Description

An elderly hooded woman with a prominent nose, seated, cuts an apple and watches 2 snickering boys, crouched before a fire, as another boy looks at her.

Artwork Details

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Jeffrey Brown

Made/Created

Artist

Velde, van de, Jan

Date made

circa 1626

Ethnography

Notes

Netherlands Europe, Netherlands

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

B recto

Transcription

Surgite, iam pendit pueris iontacula pistor cristatag sonant undique lucis aucs Marti. lib. xiv J. Velde fec. et execud (illeg.)

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

5-1/8 in

Length

7-1/4 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

13-1/8 in

Length

15-1/4 in