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Object Type
print
Museum number
1873,0712.31
Description
The Procuress; four half-length figures in an interior; a male figure seated at right with a musical score on his lap passing a flute to a young female figure standing at centre; at left the procuress receiving a sack of money from the young woman; a far left an onlooker wearing spectacles. Colour woodcut printed from three blocks, the tone blocks in light and darker ochre
Producer name
Print made by:
Ludolph Büsinck
After:
Georges Lallemand
School/style
German
Production date
1620-1640
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
colour
Dimensions
Height:
219 millimetres
Width:
341 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
BM also has another impression, see W,5.50..
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(24.II)
Stechow 1939 / Catalogue of the woodcuts by Ludolph Buesinck
(24)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
courtesan/prostitute
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Gustav Lauser
Acquisition date
1873
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1873,0712.31
Conservation
Treatment
: 04 Jun 1996