The Monkeys' Barber Shop, mid 17th century

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 24.7 x 32 cm (9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 42, State only

Accession Number

1994.60.4

Artists / Makers

Coryn Boel (artist) Flemish, 1620 - 1668

David Teniers the Younger (artist after) Flemish, 1610 - 1690

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

lower left in plate: D. Teniers In. et. excud. cum priuilegio; lower right in plate: Coryn Boel f.; by later hand, center right verso in graphite: B; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 3239 / K718(17)

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 34.

2018: Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 34.