Antique Print-ADORATION SHEPARDS-HOLY FAMILY-van Kessel-Teniers-Bassano-c1660

‘”4 Alta 6 Lata”‘

Etching / engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: Unclear watermark.
Sheet size: 31 x 21,5 cm. (12,2 x 8,5 inch). Image size: 31 x 21,5 cm. (12,2 x 8,5 inch).

from: ?Theatrum Pictorium?, (transl.: Theatre of Painting), is a collection of prints published as a boook in the 1660s by David Teniers the Younger for his employer, the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. It was a depiction of 243 Italian paintings in the Archduke?s collection of over 1300 paintings, with engravings of the paintings taken from small models that Teniers had personally prepared. A second edition with page numbers was published in 1673.

Made by ‘Theodor van Kessel’ after ‘Jacopo Bassano’. Theodor van Kessel (1620-1693). David Teniers the younger (1610-1690), after Jacopo Bassano (1510-1592).

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

Keywords: ADORATION SHEPARDS-BABY JESUS-MARIE-JOSEPH-STABLE

RBOS-A6-45