King David is playing the harp as a boy holds open a book of music for him to follow and a woman sits at a writing desk in the background. Engraving by A. van Buysen, ca. 1728.
- Buysen, Andries van, active 1698-1747.
- Date:
- [1728?]
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- 33901i
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[Amsterdam?] : [Pieter de Hondt], [1728?]
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1 print : engraving ; image 15.8 x 10.4 cm
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Quin ipsae stupuere domus, - Virg. Georg. Lib.4:V:491. A. van Buysen f chulp.
"Quin ipsae stupuere domus": the halls themselves were astonished, from Virgil, Georgics IV.481, describing how Orpheus charmed the monsters of the underworld with the music of his lyre
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Wellcome Collection 33901i
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