Two dwarfs make tuneless music. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.
- Date:
- 1715
- Reference:
- 26491i
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1715
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 30.3 x 18.8 cm
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Lettering
Maius. May. Damoiselle Florimonde Voixgrenouille. Barthlemé Boyauracleur ...
Lettering continues: "Aux doux sons de la voix melons les instrumens/ Pour charmer tendrement et nos coeurs et nos sens/ Enfin pour honorer la saison la plus belle./ Tout est obeissant au sensible plaisir/ Et les fleurs soupirent a se faire cueillir,/ Cessez a leur exemple, Iris, d'étre cruelle. Cum priv. sac. caes. maj."
References note
For further information on the history of this series of prints, see G. Bauer & H. Verfondern, 'Barocke Zwergenkarikaturen von Callot bis Chodowiecki' (Salzburg, 1991)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26491i
Reproduction note
Originally published in Augsburg in 1715. The French lettering here is added on a separate plate
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