Two dwarfs make tuneless music. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.

Date:
1715
Reference:
26491i
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1715

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 30.3 x 18.8 cm

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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