Identification title(s): portrait of pieter magito. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1935-628. Catalog reference: van someren 3423. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228, collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: portrait of the tightrope walker pieter magito, with drum, clogs and skates. In the frame below his portrait are his name and profession and a six-line poem in dutch. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: rienk jelgerhuis (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: leeuwarden. Date: 1790. Physical features: etching and sugar aquatint. Material: paper technique: etching / sugar aquatint. Dimensions: plate edge: h 254 mm × w 195 mm. Subject: what: wooden shoes, clogsdrum (musical instrument). Who: pieter magito. Credit line: bequest of mr f. G. Waller, amsterdam. Acquisition: bequest 1935. Date: 1790.
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