Musiciens ambulans

Wille, Johann Georg (1715-1808)

Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst (1712-1774) (style copy of)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1764
Height:
46.0 cm  (18 1/8 in.)
Width:
32.0 cm  (12 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
paper

Additional titles

The wandering musicians

    Item location

  • Wurlitzer-Bruck

Description

One male youth playing bagpipes while an older male plays what appears to be a violin or fiddle.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]
Violin [3573]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon (Leipzig, Schwarzenburg & Schumann) vol. 24, 381-382.

Notes

This is an engraving of an earlier painting, "Wandernde Musikanten," by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich.

RIdIM record id

620