Description
‘Verschyde soo Oost-Indise als West-Indise en Hollandse vogelen [?..]. Variae Aves tam Indicae [?..].’
Etching / engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: letters.
Sheet size: 28 x 20 cm. (11 x 7,9 inch). Image size: 19,5 x 16,5 cm. (7,7 x 6,5 inch).
Published by Pieter schenk in Amsterdam. From a series of 16 bird etchings. Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder (baptized: 26 December 1660 ? between 12 August and 17 November 1711 in Leipzig) was a German engraver, cartographer and publisher active in Amsterdam and Leipzig.
Made by ‘Sieuwert van der Meulen’ after own design. Sieuwert van der Meulen (1665-1730) Aliases: Sieuwart “van der” Meulen, Siewert “van der” Meulen. Water color painter, Water colorist, copperplate engraver, Etcher. His signature is in the plate.
Condition: Fair, given age. A few small pinholes in margin. Rust stains. Tear in bottom left margin. Overall creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: BIRDS-CRANE-SWAN-DUCK-TURKEY-PEACOCK-PARROT-CHICKEN-STORK-SPOONBILL
RBOS-A1-12



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