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A man wearing spectacles is singing from the songbook he is holding as three others join in and a fourth man keeps his mouth shut. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.
- Saint-Igny, Jean de, -1647.
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- 33820i
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Credit: A man wearing spectacles is singing from the songbook he is holding as three others join in and a fourth man keeps his mouth shut. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
[Paris] : Gallays ex.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; sheet 12.6 x 15.6 cm
Lettering
Mi son balordo affatto e so sonar del campanin. Gallays ex.
Edition
[State with imprint of Gallays].
References note
A.-P.-F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le peintre-graveur français, ou Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française, tome 8, Paris 19, pp. 190-191, ("Concerts grotesques. Suite de six estampes, y compris le titre, chiffrées de 1 à 6 dans la marge, à droite. … On lit dans la marge : A Paris Chez I. de St. Igny faubour St. Germain pres la porte de busy a lenseigne du grand Turc. … 45. (3) Cinq hommes vus en buste, dont quatre chantent; l'autre semble écouter. On lit dans la marge : Mi son balordo affato Eso sonar del Campanin.")
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Bears number: 3
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 33820i
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- Italian
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