Name: Antique Master Print-FOUR-FIGURES-RURAL-SCENE-DECEMBER-Marcus-1808
SKU: PICTURA-08365
Availability: InStock

Antique Master Print-FOUR-FIGURES-RURAL-SCENE-DECEMBER-Marcus-1808

€50.00

‘J.E. MARCUS F. DECEMBER 1808’

– Four rustic figures?three men and one woman?engaged in casual labor and conversation. One man sits on a bundle smoking a pipe, while another chisels a tree stump. The woman, seen from the back, carries a basket, and the fourth figure walks past with a staff over his shoulder.

In stock

SKU: PICTURA-08365 Category: Genre Prints Tag: Figures

Description

Medium: Etching on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 32 x 24 cm (12.6 x 9.45 inch). Image size: 15.1 x 10.3 cm. (5.94 x 4.06 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light marginal foxing and faint creasing; plate mark strong and crisp. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MARCUS ETCHING, RURAL FIGURES, 1808 DUTCH PRINT, RUSTIC GENRE SCENE, PEASANT WORKERS | DOOS-MARCUS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published as part of the series “Studiebeelden en Fragmenten” (Study Images and Fragments), a series of 105 etchings, various sizes, signed and dated in the plate between December 1807 and June 1816, published by S. de Grebber in Amsterdam. Later republished as: Studie-prentwerk / Etudes gravees (Study printwork).

Biography engraver: Jacob Ernst Marcus (1774-1826) was a Dutch painter, etcher, engraver, and lithographer. Born on Sint Eustatius and later active in Amsterdam, he studied under Reinier Vinkeles and was awarded for his graphic work. He became director of engraving at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.