A man holds a bow and arrow: a woman tests the sharpness of the point of the arrow. Engraving after M. van Cleve.

  • Marten van Cleve
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[approximately 1570?]
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27997i
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A man holds a bow and arrow: a woman tests the sharpness of the point of the arrow. Engraving after M. van Cleve. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced September 2023 : A man holds a bow and arrow: a woman tests the sharpness of the point of the arrow. Engraving.

Publication/Creation

[Antwerp?] : [approximately 1570?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 15.5 x 15.5 cm

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Hertz lieb, mein Pfeil gantz unversehrt Wird euch alhie gepraesentiert. Ach Freundt; er ist mir vil zu alt, Der Staal verschliß, und gar zu kalt.

Notes

Probably a design made to be painted on a trencher by a specialist trencher-painter (Luijten, loc. cit.)

References note

Ger Luijten 'Teljoren in druk: een prentreeks naar Maarten van Cleve met mannen en vrouwen in het rond', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 2001, 49: 153-169, 294-295

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Wellcome Collection 27997i

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