'ZIE KRELIS LEST ZIJN VUUR. KOMT HEM WAT VOCHT TEKORT. DAT ZET HEM BESJE BY WYL ZIJ 'T TOCH ZINGEND STORT.'
This print shows a man called Krelis drinking from a jar while sitting on a chair holding a pipe in his other hand. In front of him a woman singing from a piece of paper.
Made by Abraham Allard after Pieter Nolpe after Pieter Jansz Quast.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 15.3 x 9 cm (6.02 x 3.54 inch). Image size: 14.8 x 8.8 cm. (5.83 x 3.46 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Paper loss upper left corner and in lower left corner restored. Tear restored in right. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MAN DRINKING-WIVE SINGING-PIPE-KRELIS-BESJE | RBOS-A8-19
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This rare attractive print was published ca 1686-1709.
Provenance: Collectors mark L.A. de Vries.
Biography engraver: Abraham Allard (1676-1726) was a printmaker and publisher from Amsterdam.