Astronomers studying the night sky and falling into a hole a man with an astronomical instrument in his hand controls the sky at night and get his foot in a hole. Beside him Cupid with quiver and bow. In the background, two pairs at a gate and a house. Upper right numbered 175. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan van de Velde (II) button: Paul Aertsz. of Ravesteyn Publisher: Dirck Pietersz. VoscuylPlaats manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1621 Physical features: etching and text printing, text printing verso material: paper Technique: etching / printing sizes: plate edge: H 96 mm × W 161 mmblad: H 145 mm
Astronomers studying the night sky and falling into a hole a man with an astronomical instrument in his hand controls the sky at night and get his foot in a hole. Beside him Cupid with quiver and bow. In the background, two pairs at a gate and a house. Upper right numbered 175. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan van de Velde (II) button: Paul Aertsz. of Ravesteyn Publisher: Dirck Pietersz. VoscuylPlaats manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1621 Physical features: etching and text printing, text printing verso material: paper Technique: etching / printing sizes: plate edge: H 96 mm × W 161 mmblad: H 145 mm × W 183 mmToelichtingBoekillustratie in: Starter, Jan Jansz. Friesian pleasure-garden, planted with verscheyde stichtelyke liedekens love-poems, income jocular antics. Amsterdam: Dirck Pietersz Voscuyl, 1621. Subject: nightastronomical instrument spit hole (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) gate, entrance
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