Identification title(s): title print with bird catchers and bird sellers. Birds (series title). Avivm vivae (series title). Object type: print title print object number: rp-p-1892-a-17404. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 1404. Note: 4th edition copied by frederick de wit after nicolaes visscher. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: centrally the latin title of the series and the name of the designer and publisher. Around the title bird catchers and bird sellers. On the left sits a woman with two dead ducks next to her. On the right sits a woman with a birdcage in her hands. This print is the title print of a series about birds. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, after a design by: anonymous, publisher: frederik de wit (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: after 1659 - 1706. Physical features: engraving; ets. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 132 mm × w 196 mm. Subject: what: fowling, fowlerbird in a cagewater-birds: duck (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal), birds (+ animal(s) being hit, shot, caught). Acquisition: purchase aug-1892. Date: na 1659 - 1706.
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