Antique Master Print-DANCING-PEASANTS-BAGPIPE-VILLAGE-FESTIVAL-Merian-1810

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 11.4 x 7.8 cm. (4.49 x 3.07 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Minor age-related wear and slight staining in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

DANCING PEASANTS, BAGPIPE PLAYER, VILLAGE FESTIVAL, MATTHÄUS MERIAN, ANONYMOUS ETCHING, RURAL MERRYMAKING, GENRE SCENE, VILLAGE INN, SPIEGEL DER NATUUR, DUTCH PRINT | EXPO-GERMAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk (…)’. Published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1810. The publication assembles studies after celebrated seventeenth-century masters intended for artistic training. .

State: Extremely rare ed./restrike from original seventeenth-century copperplate.

Reference: Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.

Biography artist: Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593–1650) was a Swiss-born engraver, publisher and illustrator active in Frankfurt. Renowned for his city views, landscapes and book illustrations, Merian exerted a strong influence on later reproductive engravers and topographical printmaking.