Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 11.5 x 16.3 cm (4.53 x 6.42 inch). Image size: 11.5 x 16.3 cm. (4.53 x 6.42 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Mild foxing, lower corners slightly rounded. Collector’s stamp on verso. Fine impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
CORNELIS BLOEMAERT, HENDRICK BLOEMAERT, BIRD’S NEST, DUTCH GENRE PRINT, 17TH CENTURY, MORAL ENGRAVING, BOY WITH BIRD, W.E. LEDGER, LUGT 2636, ROETHLISBERGER H8 | PCO-C49-01
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Reference: Roethlisberger H8-copy.
Provenance: Collector’s mark Lugt 2636 (W.E. Ledger).
Biography engraver: Cornelis Bloemaert II (c.1603?1692) was a Dutch engraver known for his reproductive engravings after painters, particularly in Rome. This print is a copy of one of his engraved works.
Biography artist: Hendrick Bloemaert (c.1601?1672), Dutch painter, son of Abraham Bloemaert. Known for portraits and religious scenes in a Caravaggist style, often with genre elements.
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