Old Woman Combing the Hair of a Girl
Jan Miele, Flemish, c. 1599 - 1663
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Made in Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe
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Mid- 17th centuryMedium:
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Sheet: 5 11/16 x 8 7/16 inches (14.5 x 21.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
1985-52-29939Credit Line:
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985
Made in Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe
Date:
Mid- 17th centuryMedium:
EtchingDimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 x 8 7/16 inches (14.5 x 21.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
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Accession Number:1985-52-29939Credit Line:
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985
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Originally one of the Bamboccianti, the name given to a group of Northern European genre painters active in Rome, Miele eventually Italianized his art and became a fresco painter. This etching probably came from early in his Roman career, when he was still interested in typically Dutch subject matter.
