Description
A winter landscape featuring skaters on ice, figures walking along a public road, and farmhouses. The composition includes a wooden crane and a distant church tower, creating a picturesque rural scene.
Made by Jan van de Velde II after own design.
Medium: Etching on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 20 x 13.2 cm (7.87 x 5.2 inch). Image size: 20 x 13 cm. (7.87 x 5.12 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WINTER LANDSCAPE, JAN VAN DE VELDE II, ICE SKATERS, DUTCH ETCHING, 17TH CENTURY, RURAL SCENE, PUBLIC ROAD, FARMHOUSES, HISTORICAL PRINT | PCO-C102-31
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Eighth print from a series of sixteen etchings by Jan van de Velde II, created in 1616.
Reference: Franken & van der Kellen 262, Hollstein Dutch 223.
Biography engraver: Jan van de Velde the younger (1593-1641) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver of animal, landscape and still-life subjects. He was the son of Jan van de Velde the Elder and the father of the still life painter Jan Jansz van de Velde.
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