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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1872,0511.1292
Title: Object: Hoe passen wy byeen
Description: An owl couple, dressed and skating on a frozen river, the bird at left holding a mouse in its beak; after Adriaen van de Venne Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Adriaen Matham (attributed); After: Adriaen van de Venne; Print made by: Jacob Matham (formerly attributed)
School/style: Dutch
Production date: 1644-1666
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 187 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 274 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After the painting by Adriaen van de Venne (part of a series of five showing dressed animals), now in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (R19) (Jacob Matham; Rejected Prints); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (348) (Jacob Matham)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bird; skating
Acquisition name: Donated by: James Hughes Anderdon (L.50 and L.1470)
Acquisition date: 1872
Acquisition notes: Inscribed on verso by Anderdon, in pen and ink: "Duke of Buckingham Sale May 1834" and "J.H.A. / May / 1834".
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1872,0511.1292

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