Antique Master Print-SHEPHERDESS-COW-GOAT-ANIMALS-BASKET-WOMAN-Bloemaert-c.1650

This print shows a view on a sitting shepherdess with basket. A shepherd’s equips with her arms around a basket. In addition to her a cow and a goat. Later copy.

Made by Frederik Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert.

Medium: Engraving with hand colouring on handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: Pro Patria (Dutch garden).

Sheet size: 26 x 31.4 cm (10.24 x 12.36 inch). Image size: 18.5 x 14.5 cm. (7.28 x 5.71 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Attached to a carrier sheet. Light foxing, craesing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SHEPHERDESS-COW-GOAT-ANIMALS-BASKET-WOMAN | RBOS-A11-19

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Frederik Bloemaert (1614-1690) was a Dutch engraver, known for his work in reproducing Abraham Bloemaert’s designs.

Biography artist: Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651), was a Dutch painter and printmaker, a leading figure in Utrecht and teacher of many prominent artists. Known for religious, mythological, and genre works in a refined yet realistic style.