Print Description
“Herder met vee en drie paarden in een landschap” A man leans against a tree with some sheep. To his right are three horses.
Made by Abraham Vinkeles and Reinier Vinkeles (I) after Adriaen van de Velde.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Image size: 29.6 x 22.5 cm. (11.65 x 8.86 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Trimmed and attached to a carrier sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
HERDING-HERDSMAN-HERDSWOMAN-SHEPHERD-SHEPHERDESS-COWHERD-HORSE | PCO-E18-39
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Publishe by cornelis Ploos van Amstel, whose collection mark is an the rear.
Biography engraver: Abraham Vinkeles (1790-1864) was an artist known for his detailed works. Together with a certain Beijer, he founded a lithographic factory in Amsterdam. Abraham was also an employee of Pinte and has owned several businesses.
Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816) was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands, who was the teacher of several talented artists.
Biography artist: Adriaen van de Velde (bapt. 30 November 1636, in Amsterdam – bur. 21 January 1672, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and print artist. His favorite subjects were landscapes with animals and genre scenes. He also painted beaches, dunes, forests, winter scenes, portraits in landscapes, as well as mythological and biblical scenes. He belongs to a group of painters referred to as the Dutch Italianate painters, who combined Dutch agricultural landscapes with mythological or Arcadian scenes in Italian settings. His paintings are characterised by their delicate, careful composition and his mastery of lighting effects as well as the human figure.
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