The Shepherd with the Bagpipe, mid-16th century

  • Jan Miele, Flemish, 1599-1663

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 5 3/4 × 8 3/8 inches (14.6 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (15.6 × 22.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S787.50

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in plate, lower left of image: Gno Miele fecit et inv

Stamped, verso: Scripps 1895 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

February 1895, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany).. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jan Miele, The Shepherd with the Bagpipe, mid-16th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S787.50.