2-Antique Prints-FATHER-PARENT-CHILDREN-MOTHER-CARING-de Mare-Chalon-1797

These 2 prints on one sheet show a father with two children and a mother with two children.

Made by Pieter de Mare after Christina Chalon.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.7 x 16.7 cm (8.15 x 6.57 inch). Image size: 14 x 9.8 cm. (5.51 x 3.86 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Tear in right bottom paper edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FATHER-PARENT-CHILDREN-MOTHER-CARING | RBOS-A8-12

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in 1777-1779.

Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-23.011.

Biography engraver: Pieter de Mare (Leiden; 1758-1796) was a Dutch etcher and engraver, active in Leiden and a student of Abraham Delfos.

Biography artist: Christina Chalon (1748-1808) was born in Amsterdam. She studied painting under Sara Troost and Ploos van Amstel. She devoted herself more to etching, however. She left ca. 30 plates.