Antique Master Print-MALE NUDE FIGURE-Bisschop-c.1668

Etching on hand laid paper.
Sheet size: 10,3 x 23,3 cm. (4,1 x 9,2 inch). Image size: 10,3 x 23,3 cm. (4,1 x 9,2 inch).

Source unknown, to be determined.

Made by ‘Jan de Bisschop’ after an anonymous artist. Jan de Bisschop (1628-1671) was widely influential in art and art publishing. A lawyer by profession, he set up practice in The Hague around 1652 and later founded a drawing academy there. He mingled with an elite circle of intellectuals.

Condition: Good, given age. Trimmed to plate. Some paper loss at top right paper edge. Horizontal fold line at top. Some thin paper spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: MALE NUDE FIGURE

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