Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-GASPARD NETSCHER-Klauber-Netscher-1786

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 33 x 46.8 cm (12.99 x 18.43 inch). Image size: 23.5 x 36.5 cm. (9.25 x 14.37 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CORNELIS TROOST, JACOB HOUBRAKEN, PIETER FOUQUET, 18TH-CENTURY PRINTS, DUTCH PORTRAIT, ARTIST’S PORTRAIT, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, PAINTING ATTRIBUTES, ALLEGORICAL PORTRAIT | PCO-B2-25

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

‘Galerie du Palais Royal …’, Paris: J. Couche & J. Bouilliard, [n.d., 1786-1808]. This series of plates depict the collection of the Royal Palace in Paris. Each plate is set in a decorative border and accompanied by a descriptive text (by l’Abbe de Fontenal), describing the artist and painting. The author Jacques Couche (1759-1836), was a French engraver, student of Levasseur.

Biography engraver: Ignaz Sebastian Klauber (1753-1817) originated from Augsburg. He later worked in St. Petersburg.

Biography artist: 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.