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A Hurdy-Gurdy Player Attacking a Pilgrim
Matthäus Merian I (German, 1593–1650)
After: Jacques Bellange (French (Lorraine), about 1575–1616)
Published by: Jacob van der Heyden (Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1573–1645)
After: Jacques Bellange (French (Lorraine), about 1575–1616)
Published by: Jacob van der Heyden (Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1573–1645)
about 1615 or after
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.9 x 21 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of William H. Schab Gallery
Accession Number40.226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein 461, only state; Wüthrich 95; Thuillier (Bellange) 31 (copy in reverse); Walch (Bellange) 18 (copy in reverse); Worthen & Reed (Bellange) 26 (copy in reverse); Griffiths & Hartley (Bellange) 37 (copy in reverse)
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab Master Prints and Drawings, Inc., New York; their gift to the MFA May 9, 1940