Extreme Unction
c. 1650
Artist, French, 1614 - 1676
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with engraving on two sheets of laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 51.8 × 66.2 cm (20 3/8 × 26 1/16 in.) trimmed to platemark
mount: 62.4 × 78.6 cm (24 9/16 × 30 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2020.102.5
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 7-8 June 1996, no. 5332, prints from a dilapidated album); (James Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA, 1996); purchased by NGA, 2020.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in image: Nic Poussin Inventor; lower center in image: 5o; lower right in pen and ink: 67.
Watermarks
single-encircled anchor surmounted by a star and flanked by a ‘C’ or ‘G’ and ‘A’ and single-encircled anchor surmounted by a star and flanked by a ‘C’ or ‘G’ and ‘A’