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Object Type
print
Museum number
1856,0308.530
Title
Object:
Le chansonnier
Series:
Galerie du Musée Napoléon
Series:
Musée Napoléon
Series:
Galerie Napoléon
Description
Plate 57: A man playing the violin outside of a cottage, a man and children sitting on benches and listening, others standing in the doorway; after Adriaen van Ostade. c.1804-1815 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Adriaen van Ostade
Print made by:
Marie Alexandre Duparc
(engraving)
Print made by:
Alexis Chataignier
(etching)
Intermediary draughtsman:
Jacques Swebach-Desfontaines
School/style
French
Dutch
Production date
1804-1815
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
138 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
128 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Plate 57 from 'Galerie du Musée Napoléon', see 1856,0308.625 for comment. After the painting by 1673 painting by Adriaen van Ostade in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, inv.no.129.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(66)
(Duparc)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
peasant/villager
musician
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Willis
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1856,0308.530