Name: Antique Master Print-CATTLE-HERDING-COW-SHEEP-DOG-GOAT-Visscher-Berchem-c.1660
SKU: PICTURA-11728
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Antique Master Print-CATTLE-HERDING-COW-SHEEP-DOG-GOAT-Visscher-Berchem-c.1660

€165.00

Cattle and sheep herding scene in an expansive Italianate landscape. A herdsman rides an ox while gesturing, accompanied by another man and a barefoot woman driving the herd, with goats and a dog. Ruins and a bridge in the background.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 36.8 x 27 cm (14.49 x 10.63 inch). Image size: 33.8 x 24.3 cm. (13.31 x 9.57 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creasing. Trimmed within plate marks. Rear: remains of paper from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BERCHEM, VISSCHER, CATTLE HERDING, DUTCH LANDSCAPE, 17TH CENTURY PASTORAL PRINT, GOATS, OXEN, RURAL LIFE, ITALIANATE RUINS | PCO-E30-11

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Originally published c.1660.

Biography engraver: Johannes (Jan) Visscher (c.1636-c.1692) was a Dutch engraver and mapmaker known for his landscapes and reproductions of works by Dutch Golden Age painters, especially Berchem.

Biography artist: Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (1620-1683) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman famous for pastoral scenes, often with cattle, ruins, and romanticized southern European settings.