Antique Master Print-BARN-LANDSCAPE-WITH-RUINS-HERDING-Van de Velde-1616

“Figuren bij een vervallen schuur” Two seated figures near a dilapidated barn in a landscape. Fourth print of part two of a series of a total of sixty prints with landscapes, divided into five parts of twelve prints each.

Made by Jan van de Velde (II) after own design.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20 x 13.5 cm (7.87 x 5.31 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some paper tape on top rear from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BARN-LANDSCAPE-WITH-RUINS-HERDING-HERDSMAN-HERDSWOMAN-SHEPHERD-SHEPHERDESS-COWHERD | PCO-E18-22

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Landschappen (series title); Amenissimae aliquot requculae (series title). Originally, the first states of the prints formed a series consisting of two parts of 26 prints each. The later states formed a series of five volumes of twelve prints each.

Reference: F.K. p.116 no 4 (=286); 271-2-4.

Biography engraver: Jan van de Velde the younger (1593 – ca. 1 November 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver of animal, landscape and still-life subjects. He was the son of Jan van de Velde the Elder and the father of the still life painter Jan Jansz van de Velde.