
Collection Online as of January 28, 2021
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Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1962.279.146.b
not on view
The stain above the painting is from the acidic green pigment used to paint a tree on the reverse.
After the sudden, apparent death of the pious man’s daughter, her three suitors take her body from its grave. One of the suitors, a doctor, realizes that the woman is not dead and proposes flailing her to restore her consciousness. After she is successfully revived, the men resume their rivalry.