Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 325 x 262 mm. (12 13/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Plate: 297 x 233 mm. (11 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Image: 238 x 211 mm. (9 3/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.991
For additional impressions of this print, see 1984.81.992 and 1984.81.993.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper right, in plate in reverse "Zwölffe Platte"; below image, lower left, in plate "Peint par F. Mieris"; below image, lower right, in plate "Gravé par J.G. Wille Graveur du Roi 1766"; below image, lower center, in plate six lines of text beginning "L'Observateur Distrait / Dedié a Monsieur Vincent Lienau / Negociant [...]"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1612"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
