Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 47 x 35.8 cm (18.5 x 14.09 inch). Image size: 45.9 x 35.1 cm. (18.07 x 13.82 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Faint old fold lines. Pin hole at bottom right. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WOUWERMAN, MOYREAU, RING TOURNAMENT, EQUESTRIAN SPORT, VILLAGE FESTIVAL, 18TH CENTURY PRINT, FRENCH ENGRAVING, OEUVRES DE WOUWERMENS, JOUSTING | PCO-B8-24
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Jean Moyreau, Paris, from a painting in the collection of M. Hallee.
Reference: Le Blanc 1854-89 / Manuel de l’Amateur d’Estampes (44-132); BM reg. 1847,0305.50.
Biography engraver: Jean Moyreau (1690-1762) was a French engraver and publisher. He became royal engraver and published many works after Dutch and Flemish masters.
Biography artist: Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668) was a prominent Dutch Golden Age painter known for his scenes involving horses, hunting, military life, and rural genre scenes.
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