L'origine des singes ne perira jamais, on Les Voit en touts Lieux Jusqye dans les palais. Hier telen d'Apen, men kan 't Apenspel niet derven, Des Zalme noit 't geslacht des Apen uyt Zien sterven.I.
M: Pool Exc: Amsterdam. Op de Leise Graftbyde Heeren Graft. [n.d. c.1730.]
Etching. 165 x 202mm. 6½ x 8". Some creasing and damage, cut.
The interior of a bed chamber with clothed monkeys; to the left, on stands smoking next to a fireplace, another seated in a wicker basket holding a baby, behind a chambermaid dresses another. Three further chambermaids tidy at the back; in the foreground a child plays on the floor, a chambermaid appears on the right. From an unspecified set of plates showing singeries.
[Ref: 24149] £120.00
Etching. 165 x 202mm. 6½ x 8". Some creasing and damage, cut.
The interior of a bed chamber with clothed monkeys; to the left, on stands smoking next to a fireplace, another seated in a wicker basket holding a baby, behind a chambermaid dresses another. Three further chambermaids tidy at the back; in the foreground a child plays on the floor, a chambermaid appears on the right. From an unspecified set of plates showing singeries.
[Ref: 24149] £120.00