Name: Antique Master Print-DUTCH-OFFICERS-GUARDROOM-Punt, Tanje-Troost-1754
SKU: PICTURA-08536
Availability: InStock

Antique Master Print-DUTCH-OFFICERS-GUARDROOM-Punt, Tanje-Troost-1754

€225.00

‘CORPS DE GARDE VAN HOLLANDSCHE OFFICIERS / C. TROOST PINXIT. / PUNT ET TANJE FECERUNT. / TE AMSTERDAM, BY J. PUNT EN P.TANJE 1754 & P. FOUQUET JUNIOR.’

– Guardroom scene with Dutch officers reading, smoking, and playing cards; background shows globe, coat of arms, fireplace, and dog.

In stock

Description

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

Sheet size: 50.2 x 38.4 cm (19.76 x 15.12 inch). Image size: 44 x 33 cm. (17.32 x 12.99 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, frayed margins, staining at bottom, old mounting traces on verso. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

DUTCH OFFICERS, GUARDROOM, 18TH CENTURY, TROOST, PUNT, TANJE, MILITARY INTERIOR, AMSTERDAM PRINT, DUTCH ART, GERRIT BRAAMCAMP COLLECTION | PCOM-B1-04

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Jan Punt and Pieter Tanje in Amsterdam, 1754. Later reissued with address of P. Fouquet Jr.

Reference: Muller 3985/30, Niemeyer 699 T.

Provenance: From collection of Gerrit Braamcamp (original painting).

Biography engraver: Jan Punt (1711-1779) and Pieter Tanj? (1706-1761) were prominent 18th-century Dutch engravers, often collaborating on reproductions of Dutch genre paintings.

Biography artist: Cornelis Troost (1697-1750) was a Dutch painter and actor known for theatrical and satirical scenes, especially depictions of bourgeois interiors and officers.