Antique Master Print-DENICHEUR MALHEUREUX-UNLUCKY-FALL FROM TREE-Houasse-c. 1700

Description

Engraving on hand laid paper. No watermark visible. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 41.5 x 29.8 cm. The image size is ca. 41.5 x 29.4 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 16.3 x 11.7 inch. The image size is ca. 16.3 x 11.6 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Le Denicheur Malheureux’, (The unlucky finder.) A boy wants to get young birds from a nest in a tree, but falls from the tree. Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after Houasse. Michel-Ange Houasse (c.1680-1730) was a French painter. Most of whose career was spent at the court of Philip V of Spain. He introduced Spain to mythological and rural scenes he had learned from Flemish Baroque art.

Condition: Good, given age. Margins cropped to or into image edge. A few small stains in top of the print. Crease in bottom of print. Small tears in paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MASTER PRINT-DENICHEUR MALHEUREUX-UNLUCKY-FALL FROM TREE-HOUASSE

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