Identification title(s): six peasants sitting around a barrel near an inn. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-15. 543. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 5. Note: copy. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: village street with farmers near an inn. They are having a meager meal with a loaf of bread and a fish on half a barrel. This is deceptive because one of the farmers has a large jug of drink on his lap and another has already drunk so much that he is supported by a woman. A farmer's fair is going on in the background. This is a copy in the same direction as the original to which the motto let the farmers carve their fair has been added. Manufacture. Manufacturer: after a print by: esaias van de velde (mentioned on object), printmaker: anonymous, printmaker: dirk eversen lons (rejected attribution), publisher: claes jansz. Visscher (ii) (mentioned on object). Dating: 1613 - 1680. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 182 mm × w 230 mm. Subject: what: farmers, inn, coffee-house, public house, etc. Drinking. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1613 and 1680.
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