Name: Antique Master Print-CATTLE-SHEPHARD-PASTORAL-RUINS-Pelletier-Berchem-1746-1780
SKU: PICTURA-11726
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Antique Master Print-CATTLE-SHEPHARD-PASTORAL-RUINS-Pelletier-Berchem-1746-1780

€145.00

‘L?ABREUVOIR / GRAVE D?APRES LE TABLEAU ORIGINAL DE N. BERCHEM / DE 2. PIEDS 5. POUCES DE HAUT SUR 3. PIEDS 2. POUCES DE LARGE. / AMSTERDAM CHEZ P. FOUQUET JUNIOR. / BERGHEN PINXIT / PELLETIER FECITE.’

– Italianate landscape with shepherds watering their cattle near a ruin. Seated woman with two dogs in foreground, shepherds and herds in the background. Dramatic mountains and architectural remnants frame the scene.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 39.5 x 33.1 cm (15.55 x 13.03 inch). Image size: 36.5 x 30 cm. (14.37 x 11.81 inch).

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

NICOLAES BERCHEM, PASTORAL SCENE, ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE, JEAN PELLETIER, FOUQUET, DUTCH PRINT, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, WATERING CATTLE, ITALIANATE RUIN, ETCHING | PCO-E30-13

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Pierre Fouquet, Amsterdam, 1746-1780.

Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-71.743; LeBlanc 26.

Biography engraver: Jean Pelletier (active mid-18th century) was a French engraver working in the Netherlands, known for reproducing Dutch and Italianate master paintings.

Biography artist: Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (1620-1683) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, celebrated for his pastoral landscapes in the Italian style, often with cattle, goats, and romantic ruins.