Print Description
This print shows a view on a standing horse held on his reins by a peeing rider. A wooden wall in the background. Number 3 from a series of horses and figures.
Made by Johannes Adriaansz Bemme after Jan Anthonie Langendijk.
Medium: Etching / engraving on wove paper.
Sheet size: 22.8 x 24 cm (8.98 x 9.45 inch). Image size: 13 x 16 cm. (5.12 x 6.3 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Wide margins. Some spots. Tear restored in right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ANIMAL-HORSE-PEEING RIDER-WOODEN WALL | RBOS-A11-23
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published ca 1810.
Biography engraver: Johannes Adriaansz. Bemme (1775-1841) was a Dutch etcher. Bemme was apprenticed to his father, the goldsmith and medal engraver, Adriaan Jansz. Bemme (1753-1831) and later studied in Rotterdam under the por?traitist, August Christian Hauck, as well as the better-known painter and draughtsman, Dirk Langendijk. After his father died, Bemme moved to The Hague, where he worked mostly as a medal maker, although he also had a sideline as a reproductive engraver.
Biography artist: Jan Anthonie Langendijk (1780-1818) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher from Rotterdam. He mainly portrayed genre, historic, military and animal scenes.
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