Antique Master Print-CHERRY-SELLER-STREET-SCENE-De Son-1810

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 14.3 x 10 cm. (5.63 x 3.94 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Minor age-related wear and slight staining in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NICOLAS DE SON, NICHOLAS DE SON, LA MARCHANDE DE CERISES, CHERRY SELLER, STREET VENDOR, GENRE SCENE, FRENCH ETCHING, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PRINT, REIMS, JACQUES CALLOT CIRCLE, STREET LIFE | EXPO-DUTCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk (…)’. Published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1810. The publication assembles studies after celebrated seventeenth-century masters intended for artistic training. .

State: Extremely rare ed./restrike from original seventeenth-century copperplate.

Reference: Previously attrib. to Jacques Callot. Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.

Biography engraver: Nicolas de Son (active c.1625–1637) was a French etcher working in Reims. His prints reveal the strong influence of Jacques Callot, particularly in their lively depiction of everyday life, itinerant vendors and urban genre scenes. Although relatively little is known about his life, his rare etchings are appreciated for their refined draftsmanship and documentary value.