Description

Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 54.5 x 41.7 cm. The image size is ca. 45.2 x 32.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 21.5 x 16.4 inch. The image size is ca. 17.8 x 12.8 inch.

Antique Master Print, titled: ‘La Fontaine du Triton.’ – (Triton’s Fountain.) A landscape with two nobles on horseback, and several farmers resting on the ground. Others are drinking and filling jugs from the fountain. Published by Moyreau in 1750. Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘J. Moyreau’ after ‘P. Wouwermans’. Jean Moyreau (French, 1690-1762) eas a French engraver, student of Bon and Boullogne. He became a member of the Academy in 1736 and exposed at the Salon from 1737-1761. Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668) was a Dutch painter of landscapes, hunting and battle scenes.

Condition: Good, given age. Several tears in margin, backed. Creases in the margins. The paper damaged in the top right edge of the image. Overall light soiling. Bottom right corner with paper loss, remargined. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MASTER PRINT-FOUNTAIN-LANDSCAPE-TRITON-NOBLE-MOYREAU-WOUWERMANS

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