Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, The Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre, 1784
- Title:
The Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre
- Date:
- 1784
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 7/16 x 9 5/8 inches (46.9 x 24.4 cm), Plate: 18 1/4 x 9 7/16 inches (46.4 x 24 cm), Image: 17 5/16 x 9 7/16 inches (44 x 24 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "e/t"; on back, lower right: "4/"
Collector’s mark: J. Burleigh James (Lugt 1425)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Painted by B. West Historical Painter to his Majesty."; lower center: "THE THREE MARY'S GOING TO THE SEPULCHRE. | Painted for the Great East Window of St,, George's Chapel, Windsor. | Published June 4th. 1784, by V. Green & Son, No,, 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London."; lower right: "Engravd by V. Green Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14489
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cloaks | clouds | jars | meteorology | mourning | ointments | religious and mythological subject | sadness | science | sepulcher | storm | the holy women (the three Marys) on their way to or at the tomb, to anoint Christ's body | tomb | travel | urns | walking | weeping | women
- Associated People:
- The Virgin Mary
Mary, mother of James the Less
Mary Magdalene, Saint (early 1st c. AD – mid-late 1st c. AD) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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