Antique Print-ANIMAL-SHEEP-PEEING-LANDSCAPE-Bye-ca 1720

This print shows a landscape with a peeing sheep in front and another in the background.

Made by Marcus de Bye after own design.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 23 x 17.7 cm (9.06 x 6.97 inch). Image size: 13.5 x 11 cm. (5.31 x 4.33 inch).

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

ANIMAL-SHEEP-PEEING-LANDSCAPE | RBOS-A8-19

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was at first published in 1664. This is a later state, ca 1720.

Biography engraver: Marcus de Bye sometimes written as de Bie or de Bije (1638/39, The Hague – after 1688) was a Dutch painter and engraver.