Print Description
Een jongen leidt een paard naar het water.’ (A Boy Leads a Horse to Water.) A boy leads a horse to the water to let it drink. In the background horsemen.
Made by Dirk Stoop after own design.
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Foolscap.
Sheet size: 20 x 15.4 cm (7.87 x 6.06 inch). Image size: 19.7 x 15 cm. (7.76 x 5.91 inch).
Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
HORSES-LEADING-WATER-HORSEMEN | EXPO-DUTCH/FLEMISH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Part of a series of prints titled “Paarden” (Horses), published in Amsterdam likely by Clement de Jonghe (1624-1677), a Dutch engraver, publisher and print dealer, or Frederik de Wit (born Frederik Hendriksz; c.1629-1706), a Dutch cartographer and artist.
Reference: Hollstein Dutch 2-2(3).
Biography engraver: Dirk Stoop (c. 1615-1686) was a widely travelled painter and engraver of the Dutch Golden Age. Alternative versions of his name include Dirck Stoff, Theodorus (van der) Stoop, Thierry (the French version) and Rod(e)rigo, by which he was known in Portugal.
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