Three Flautists

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Three Flautists

c. 1510-1520

Andrea Previtali (Italian, c. 1480–1528) Formerly attributed to Andries Pauli I (Flemish, 1600–1639)

In this print, shown here in a rare first state, the etcher worked with a fine needle and combined delicate lines with stippled dots in order to evoke the dappled light and color of a Venetian painting.

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Object Details

Titles:

Three Flautists

Date:

c. 1510-1520

Artists:

Andrea Previtali (Italian, c. 1480–1528) Formerly attributed to Andries Pauli I (Flemish, 1600–1639)

Medium:

Etching and engraving and stipple

Dimensions:

Plate: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (14.6 x 12 cm) Sheet: 6 1/16 x 4 7/8 inches (15.3 x 12.4 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-37305

Geography:

Made in Bergamo, Italy, Europe

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