Print Description
Original antique master print showing a landscape with figures bathing in a river, trees at centre, a bridge in distance, a town on a mound at left.
Made by Godefroy after van Huysum.
Medium: Etching / engraving with hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 43.5 x 35 cm (17.13 x 13.78 inch). Image size: 29 x 25.5 cm. (11.42 x 10.04 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Partly slight browning a paper. Two tiny tears bottom edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BATHING WOMEN-RIVER-DES FEMMES AU BAIN | DPO-A2-003-43
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Paris c. 1803.
Biography engraver: Francois Godefroy (1743-1819), French engraver and draughtsman, student of Descamps, then worked with le Bas and on his own account in Paris. Father of Adrien, sometimes signs ‘Godefroy pere’. Member of the Vienna Academy.
Biography artist: Jan van Huysum (1682-1749), Dutch painter.
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