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Object Type
print
Museum number
1938,1112.36
Description
The Flute Lesson. Interior of a room with a woman seated at right and holding a short flute, a man with a beard holding open the pages to a volume of sheet music, a younger man (the teacher?) watches beyond; copy in reverse after Wallerant Vaillant who copied after Gerard van Zyl Mezzotint
Producer name
After:
Wallerant Vaillant
(mezzotint)
After:
Gerard Pietersz. van Zijl
(original)
Published by:
Gerard Valck
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1680-1726
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
268 millimetres
Width:
212 millimetres
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Curator's comments
This is a copy in reverse after a mezzotint by Wallerant Vaillant who copied after Gerard van Zyl. For the mezzotint by Vaillant see 1949,0207.1.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(66)
(copy after Wallerant Vaillant)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
musician
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1938
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1938,1112.36