Antique Master Print-FARMER-PEASANTS-DRINKING-BAGPIPE-MUSIC-Schenk-Ostade-c.1803

This print shows a view on a village with two tables with drinking peasants and a man with a bagpipe.

Made by Pieter Schenk after Adriaen van Ostade.

Medium: Engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 12.6 x 9.3 cm (4.96 x 3.66 inch). Image size: 11.3 x 8 cm. (4.45 x 3.15 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FARMER-PEASANTS-DRINKING-BAGPIPE-MUSIC-VILLAGE | RBOS-A11-20

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in Spiegel der nature en school der tekenkunde, by JS van Esveldt-Holtrop (ca 1803-1833).

Biography engraver: Pieter I Schenk (1660-1713) was a German engraver and publisher from Wuppertal, Germay, active in Amsterdam.