Antique Master Print-FARMER-CATTLE-GOAT-COW-C. Visscher-de Laer-ca. 1650

Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 30 x 37.8 cm. The image size is ca. 29.6 x 37 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 11.8 x 14.9 inch. The image size is ca. 11.7 x 14.6 inch.

Antique print, untitled. Farmers on the fields with cattle and goats Exact publishing date unknown. Reference: Hollstein 55: ‘Resting Herd’.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Corn. Visscher after P.D. de Laer. Cornelis Visscher II (1629-1658) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the brother of Jan de Visscher and Lambert de Visscher. Pieter de Laer (1592-1642) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre scenes, active for over a decade in Rome (He travelled to Rome in 1625 where he became a member of the Bentvueghels, a society of mostly Dutch-speaking artists in Rome known for their anti-academic stance and initiation rituals.), where his nickname was Il Bamboccio. Artists working in his style became known as the Bamboccianti.

Condition: Very good, given age. Margins cropped near the platemark. A rust stain in the bottom middle of print. A faint stain in the lower left corner. Remains of attachment to carrier to the rear of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MASTER PRINT-FARMER-CATTLE-GOAT-COW-C. VISSCHER-DE LAER

PCO-E100-19