Het Bosch (Primary Title)
Amsterdamse Schouwburg (Series Title)

Jan Punt, Dutch, 1711 - 1779 (Artist)

1772
Dutch
Works On Paper
Prints
hand colored engraving on laid paper
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 20 1/8 in. (37.15 × 51.12 cm)
Plate: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.48 × 45.09 cm)
64.15.9
Not on view
Printed with multiple plates.
Printed beneath image in center: "Te Amsteldam by J. Smit, met Privilegie." Printed beneath image, lower center, on separate plate: "Het Bosch./ [on left] Melpomen, zweevend met Thalije bly van zin,/ Ontmoet de Dichtkúnst en de tiende Zanggodin,/ [on right] En zoekt, schoon Momús Lacht, de gúnst der Poezije,/ Wier Zúster, 't vrolyk Bosch verbeeldt in Schilderije." Inscribed in graphite lower right: "435"
John Koenig Theatre Fund
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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