Antique Master Print-CHALK-OVEN-RIVER-BLOEMAERT-Bloemaert-c. 1647

Description

Chalk oven near a river, with a worker loading barrels onto a boat. Trees and buildings in the background.

Made by Frederick Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert.

Medium: Etching on hand-laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Amsterdam coat of arms with beam below.

Sheet size: 21.9 x 16.4 cm (8.62 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 21.9 x 16.4 cm. (8.62 x 6.46 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Trimmed close to plate mark; remains of paper on rear from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHALK OVEN, RIVER, LANDSCAPE, BLOEMAERT, DUTCH BAROQUE, ETCHING | PCO-EXPO-251

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

No. 4 from a series of 11 landscapes, dated after 1647.

Biography engraver: Frederik Bloemaert (ca. 1614-1690) was a Dutch printmaker and draftsman, son of Abraham Bloemaert.

Biography artist: Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker, influential in the Haarlem Mannerist and Baroque movements.