Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand-laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Lettering IW.
Sheet size: 13.7 x 8.8 cm (5.39 x 3.46 inch). Image size: 13.7 x 8.8 cm. (5.39 x 3.46 inch).
Condition: good, given age. A few thin paper spots. Tear, backed by oriental paper. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ANTHONIE WATERLOO, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, ETCHING, RURAL SCENE, COUNTRYSIDE, TRAVELERS, INN, 17TH-CENTURY LANDSCAPES, HOLLSTEIN CATALOG, PETIT PALAIS COLLECTION | PCO-EXPO-11
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Part of a suite of twelve etchings depicting rural landscapes and travel scenes. This print, numbered “11” in the series, portrays travelers arriving at an inn in the countryside. Another copy featured in the Dutuit collection, now in the Petit Palais, Paris.
State: Ealy impression.
Reference: Hollstein 8, Petit Palais Inv. No. GDUT9359.
Biography engraver: Anthonie Waterloo (1609/1610-1690) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher, known for his atmospheric landscapes. Originally from Lille, he worked in Utrecht and Amsterdam, producing numerous etchings of wooded and rural scenes.
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