[A man with a flute] [graphic] / 1530 L [monogram] ; BDol. fe.

[A man with a flute] [graphic] / 1530 L [monogram] ; BDol. fe.

Wel lustih fluyterken, wilt mynen lust coelen
New Hollstein title: Fluteplayer

[State 1 of 2].

[The Hague] : Hh ex, [between 1597 and 1627?]

1 print : engraving ; 184 x 141 mm

paper

A man wearing a flat cap and seated at a window, holding a flute in his hands.

Title and state from Hollstein.

Lettered in Dutch in top left corner, two lines vertical to image: "Wel lustih fluyterken wilt mynen lust coelen / fluyt met u luytken dat ickt mach voelen."

Design after a lost painting by Lucas van Leyden, executed in 1530.

Hendrik Hondius was active in The Hague beginning in 1597.

The dating and identity of the sitter in both Lucas van Leyden's painting and Dolendo's engraving are discussed in Elise Lawton Smith's The Paintings of Lucas van Leyden (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1992), p. 179-180, no. C46, fig. 64.

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, Dolendo 42
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, after Lucas van Leyden 13

Netherlands -- Hague.

ART 264- 805 (size XS)

Trimmed within plate mark. Stamp of Collection d'Arenberg ("Ch. Protector Meus") on back (Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes, 567)

264805