Three Mythical Creatures Making Music, Jacques Callot (after), 1650 - 1749

Identification

Title(s)

Three Mythical Creatures Making Music

Object type

drawing

Serial number

6/6?

Object number

RP-T-1955-148

Description

Drie muzikanten: links een dansende luitspeler met een vogelkop, rechts een zittende luitspeler en een duivelse dirigent, die met een bot de maat slaat.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jacques Callot (after)
Cornelis Saftleven (rejected attribution)

Dating

1650 - 1749

Material and Technique

Material

paper
chalk

Technique

drawing

Measurements

height 263 mm × width 395 mm

Explanatory note

Blad afkomstig uit een groot schetsboek met studies voor de figuratie van spokerijen.

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1955

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from De Beer Fine Arts, London, fl. 215, with five other drawings, to the museum, 1955

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Cornelis Saftleven, 1607-1681, Wolfgang Schulz, p. 77, cat.nr. 23
Aanwinsten

Persistent URL

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