Antique Master Print-COW-SHEPHERD-DOG-Wangner-Berchem-c.1750

A cow shepherd directing his two cows. His dog walking besides them on the right.

Made by I. Wangner after Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 32.3 x 23.4 cm (12.72 x 9.21 inch). Image size: 24.8 x 18.9 cm. (9.76 x 7.44 inch).

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

COW-SHEPHERD-DOG | PCO-E17-15

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Johann Georg Hertel (1700 in Augsburg -1775) who was a German engraver and publisher.

Biography artist: Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.