Name: Antique Master Print-BERGER-CATTLE-SHEPHARD-LANDSCAPE-Charpentier-Berchem-c.1760
SKU: PICTURA-11734
Availability: InStock

Antique Master Print-BERGER-CATTLE-SHEPHARD-LANDSCAPE-Charpentier-Berchem-c.1760

€295.00

‘LE REPOS DU BERGER. LE TABLEAU ORIGINAL EST DU CABINET DE MONSIEUR DE BAUDOUIN, COLONEL CAPITAINE AUX GARDES FRAN?OISES DU ROI.’

– A shepherdesse and reclining shepherd rest near a spring with cattle and goats around them. Ruined cliffs, mountains and classical buildings dominate the backdrop in this grand pastoral landscape.

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Description

Medium: Engraving and etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 50 x 41.2 cm (19.69 x 16.22 inch). Image size: 47 x 39 cm. (18.5 x 15.35 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creasing. Some dampstaining at bottom right. Paper loss at top right margin. Some remains of crayon at top left. Trimmed near plate mark. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PASTORAL, SHEPHERDESS, CATTLE, GOATS, LANDSCAPE, RUINS, NICOLAES BERCHEM, LE CHARPENTIER, ETCHING, FRENCH TITLE | PCO-B9-16

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Rene-Jacques le Charpentier.

Biography engraver: Rene-Jacques Le Charpentier (1733-1770) was a French print maker, publisher and printer. He typically published his own plates.

Biography artist: Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683), Dutch painter and draughtsman of Italianate landscapes. His work inspired generations of engravers, including the Visschers.