Antique Master Print-PEASANT-WOMAN-CHILD-HORSEMEN-LANDSCAPE-De Molijn-1810

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 18.2 x 15.1 cm. (7.17 x 5.94 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.

PIETER DE MOLIJN, LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES, PEASANT WOMAN, CHILD, HORSEMEN, PASTORAL LANDSCAPE, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, HAARLEM, SPIEGEL DER NATUUR, HOLTROP | EXPO-DUTCH

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: From a series a 4 titled ‘Landscapes with Figures’ (c.1626). Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.

Biography engraver: Pieter de Molijn (1595–1661) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher active in Haarlem. A leading figure of tonal landscape painting, he produced highly influential drawings, paintings and prints characterized by atmospheric effects and simple rural subjects. His work strongly influenced later Dutch landscape artists.