Soldier's pastime (Le passe-temps de soldats)

After the original by S. Bourdon
Engraving. 454 x 354.
The margins are cropped.
Under the image, on the left: Bourdon pinx.; on the right: le Vasseur Sculp.
The name of the engraving was established on the basis of a comparison with a similar engraving by J.-Ch. Levasseur, stored in the National Library of France (Paris).
Inv. G 512.
Literature: Nagler, Bd. 19, p. 474, No. 54; Bremmaecker Ch. Catalog raisonné de la précieuse collection de dessins et d'estampes ... le cabinet de M. Ch. van Hulthem. Gand, 1846. T. 2. P.787, No. 4839 ; Delignières, 1865, p. 37, No. 77.
Bourdon, Sebastian (1616, Montpellier – 1671, Paris) – French painter of the 17th century. He painted religious, historical and mythological paintings, portraits and landscapes.