Antique Master Print-MUSIC-HARPSICHORD-SINGING-Netscher-Hanfstaengl-ca. 1840

Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: ‘Die Clavierspielerin von Caspar Netscher.’ – A woman playing harpsichord, with a man and woman beside her singing. A boy brings in refreshments.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Margins stained and browned. Remains of attachment to carrier to the front of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Crayon style lithograph on Chine-collee on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 51.2 x 68.2 cm. The image size is ca. 39.4 x 52 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 20.2 x 26.9 inch. The image size is ca. 15.5 x 20.5 inch.

Part Number: 52166

Location: PCO-P7-53 / Expo-175

Description: Published by Hanfstaengl, with his blindstamped publisher’s mark in the caption below the image.

Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl’ after ‘Caspar Netscher’. Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl (1804-1877) was a German painter, lithographer and photographer. Caspar Netscher (1639-1684) was a Dutch portrait and genre painter. He was born in Heidelberg or Prague, but fled with his mother and sister to Arnhem during the civil war. He became a pupil of Ter Borch for a few years before embarking on a Grand Tour. He died early, in 1684, but his legacy was thenceforth carried by his two sons, Constantyn and Theodorus.