Antique Master Print-PEASANTS-PEASANT-WOMAN-RUSTIC-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, PEASANTS, PEASANT WOMAN, RURAL LANDSCAPE, DUTCH LANDSCAPE, HAARLEM, FIGURES IN LANDSCAPE, TONAL LANDSCAPE, 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: 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. He was one of the principal innovators of the tonal landscape style and produced highly influential prints and drawings depicting rural Dutch scenery and peasant life.