Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 6.8 x 8 cm (2.68 x 3.15 inch). Image size: 6 x 7.5 cm. (2.36 x 2.95 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Soiling probably from use in a silver workshop. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
DUTCH SILVER, SEASONAL ALLEGORIES, BEAKER DESIGN, GRONINGEN SILVERSMITH, FOCKO RAERDA, WILLEM DE BOOSER, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, CONTRE-?PREUVE | PCO-E23-28
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Design possibly associated with beakers like Willem de Booser (1712), see Dutch Silver III, no. 429.
Reference: Dutch Silver I?III; Van Rijen, Groninger Keur, p. 267; Frederiks, Dutch Silver, 1958?60.
Biography engraver: Anonymous Dutch silversmith-engraver likely working in Groningen or the northern Netherlands, early 18th century. Possibly connected to the workshop of Focko Raerda.
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