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Object Type
print
Museum number
1996,1103.111
Description
A youth wearing a turban playing a flute, after Frans Hals; proof before letters. c.1765/75 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
John Dixon
After:
Frans Hals
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1765-1775
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
152 millimetres
Width:
115 millimetres
Curator's comments
This is a reduced version of John Dixon's mezzotint (Hollstein 21 after Frans Hals). On the grounds of quality it may very well be by Dixon himself. There are two impressions of Dixon's large mezzotint in P&D: 1851-11-9-410 and 1876-10-14-407.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(21)
(after Frans Hals)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(39)
(copy)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
musician
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Mrs Patricia Coke
(Estate of)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Gerald Edward Coke
Acquisition date
1996
Acquisition notes
See under 1996-11-3-3.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1996,1103.111