Antique Master Print-ARCADIAN-LANDSCAPE-CLASSICAL-RUINS-GARDEN-VASE-Schenk-1814

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 15.3 x 12.2 cm. (6.02 x 4.8 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.

ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE, CLASSICAL RUINS, GARDEN VASE, LAKE, PASTORAL SCENE, PIETER SCHENK, DUTCH ETCHING, ITALIANATE LANDSCAPE, MOUNTAINS, ROMANTIC SCENERY | 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: Originally published by Pieter I Schenk. Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.

Biography artist: Pieter I Schenk (1660-1713) was a German engraver and publisher from Wuppertal, Germay, active in Amsterdam.