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Fantasy Portrait of a Woman with a Flute, and Musical Instruments
Hendrick Goltzius (mentioned on object), 1598 - 1602
This sheet features impressions of both sides of a single medallion. Its pendant presents a fantasy portrait of a bagpiper, of which only an impression of the portrait side is known. They complemented each other and together also had an amusing function: the verses rhyme and together the images are full of erotic allusions. Flutes and bagpipes symbolized male genitalia.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-10.287
- Dimensionsdiameter 46 mm
- Physical characteristicsgravure