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Object Type
print
Museum number
1845,0906.211
Title
Object:
Les Musiciens Ambulans
(Itinerant musicians)
Description
A group of street musicians including a man playing the violin and a boy playing bag-pipes seen through a doorway, surrounded by children. 1750s Engraving and etching
Producer name
After:
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Manner/Style of:
Adriaen van Ostade
Published by:
Jean Baptiste Crépy
School/style
German
Production date
1789
(c)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
457 millimetres
Width:
354 millimetres
(sheet size (trimmed))
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
musician
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1845
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1845,0906.211