Antique Master Print-ANIMALS-LANDSCAPE-GOAT-SHEEP-SHEPARD-HILL-du Jardin-1653

This print shows a view on a landscape with 2 sheep and a goat resting and a shepard sitting in the grass.

Made by Karel du Jardin after own design.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (vergé) paper. Watermark: CL lettering.

Sheet size: 19.2 x 20 cm (7.56 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 14.5 x 13 cm. (5.71 x 5.12 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANIMALS-LANDSCAPE-GOAT-SHEEP-SHEPARD-HILL | RBOS-A11-15

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was originally published in 1653. This plate from the Ottens ed. c.1720.

Provenance: Owner stamp on reverse JHH in oval of Justus Hiddes Halbertsma (1789-1869) (Lugt 1473).

Biography engraver: Karel du Jardin (Amsterdam 1626-Venice 1678) was a Dutch painter. He is best known for his Italianate landscapes.