Crispijn van de Passe I (c. 1564-1637)

July: a Woman drinking with a Man playing the Bagpipes, Peasants harvesting beyond

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Crispijn van de Passe I (c. 1564-1637)
July: a Woman drinking with a Man playing the Bagpipes, Peasants harvesting beyond
pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, the outlines incised, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark, circular
117 mm. diam.

Provenance

Colonel W.J. Stirling of Keir; Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 November 1990, lot 47, illustrated (Nlg. 27,600).

Engraved

in reverse, by Van de Passe (H. [XV], [583], fig 1.).

Lot Essay

The related print is inscribed:'Iulius AGRICOLIS ET FARRA ET FOENA MINISTRAT, QUAERIT UBI OPTATAS CUM PHYLLIDE TYTIRUS UMBRAS'.
The bagpiper derives from Dürer's engraving (B. 91).

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