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A woman playing the lute; representing music. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
- Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.
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- 1560
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- 25860i
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Publication/Creation
1560
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; border 7 x 5.4 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Musique
References note
André Linzeler, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du seizième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome premier, Paris 1932, pp. 296-297, no. 384 ("Allégories de diverses sciences. Suite de six estampes bordées d'un double filet représentant chacune une figure allégorique au milieu d'arabesques se détachant sur un fond noir. Au bas, au-dessous de la bordure: 'Cum privilegio Regis Stephanus f.' H. 0m070 —L. 0m051. 384. 3. La Musique. Elle est représentée par une femme tournée vers la droite et jouant du cistre. A ses pieds, un panneau portant l'inscription: 'Musique'. … Robert-Dumesnil, IX, p. 118, 406.")
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 25860i
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- French
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