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print
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album
Object Type
print
album
Museum number
1871,1209.5019
Title
Series:
Opus Typochromaticum
Description
Two nude boys carrying a third nude boy Engraving printed à la poupée in black, brown, orange-red and red-brown ink
Producer name
Published by:
Johannes Teyler
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1688-1700
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
colour
Dimensions
Height:
184 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
124 millimetres
(trimmed)
Curator's comments
Another impression is in Nijmegen. The three boys each have different skin complexions, i.e. are inked with three different hues of brown.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(185)
(Johannes Teyler)
Haemmerle 1937 / Der Farbstich: Seine Anfaenge und seine Entwicklung bis zum Jahre MDCCLXV
(pp. 47–52, no. 16–34.)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edwin Tross
(the album no. 2139 in his 1870 catalogue)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Frederik Muller & Co
(18-20.iv.1868/1085 (fl.200))
Acquisition date
1871
Acquisition notes
The reference to the Tross catalogue was provided by Ad Stijnman (email 30/1/16)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1871,1209.5019