Antique Master Print-BLACKSMITH-FORGE-McArdell-Brouwer-c.1750
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Antique Master Print-BLACKSMITH-FORGE-McArdell-Brouwer-c.1750

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€125.00

‘DONE FROM A CAPITAL PICTURE OF BROUWER IN THE COLLECTION OF B: CLEEVE ESQR. BY JAS. MC.ARDELL. SOLD BY J. MC.ARDELL AT THE GOLDEN HEAD IN COVENT GARDEN. PRICE 2S.’

– Interior of a forge; one blacksmith working the fire with tongs, another hammering a piece on an anvil. Dramatic lighting centered on the forge fire.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 37.1 x 26.9 cm (14.61 x 10.59 inch). Image size: 33.2 x 26 cm. (13.07 x 10.24 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Smudges, repaired tear at top right, surface scratches, traces of previous mounting on verso. Attached to a carrier sheet. Sold waf. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BLACKSMITH, FORGE, ADRIAEN BROUWER, JAMES MCARDELL, MEZZOTINT, 18TH CENTURY PRINTS, GENRE SCENES, DUTCH GENRE PAINTING | PCO-E23-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Horst Scholz, “Brouwer invenit”, Marburg 1985, p. 187?188, no. 167; Wellcome Collection 30962i.

Biography engraver: James McArdell (ca. 1729-1765), Irish mezzotint engraver active in London; renowned for his reproductive engravings after Old Masters and contemporary painters, praised by Joshua Reynolds.

Biography artist: Adriaen Brouwer (1605/06-1638), Flemish genre painter celebrated for his vivid, atmospheric depictions of peasant life, tavern interiors, and low-life scenes, influential in both Flemish and Dutch art circles.

Additional information

Dimensions 26 × 37 × 1 cm

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