Cleyn: Hearing; a woman playing a lute, in an ornamental frame with deer. 1646

etching; 92.00 mm x 199.00 mm

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© Copyright The Trustees of The British Museum
Title
  • Series: Quinque Sensuum descriptio, in eo picturæ genere quod (Grottesche) vocant Itali (Description of the Five Senses in that kind of painting that the Italians call grotesque)
  • Auditus
Description
Hearing; a woman playing a lute, in an ornamental frame with deer. 1646
Etching
Inscription
Lettered with title above the woman.
Producers
  • Print made by: Cleyn, Francis (1582?-1658)
Production Place
Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater London,London
Schools
  • British
Comments
For comment on the series see BPI663.
Bibliographic references
  • Hollstein (10)
Subjects
  • Trellises
  • Musical instruments
  • Lute
  • Putti
  • Niches
  • Musicians
  • Singers
  • Deer
  • Rabbits
  • Birds
  • Trees
  • Shrubs
  • Senses and sensation
  • Hearing
  • Personifications

Impression bpi664 *

Location
British Museum
Reference
1881,0611.227
Dimensions
92.00 mm x 199.00 mm
State
2
Image Copyright
© Copyright The Trustees of The British Museum