Name: Antique Master Print-ITALIAN LANDSCAPE-FIGURES AND TOWN-de Neve-c.1612-1625
SKU: PICTURA-08910
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Antique Master Print-ITALIAN LANDSCAPE-FIGURES AND TOWN-de Neve-c.1612-1625

€275.00

‘INSCRIBED IN LOWER MARGIN: ?F. DE NEUE IN. FE. EXCU. CUM LE. DE SUPE?’

– Italian arcadian landscape with four mythological figures along a road in the foreground, large trees to the right, and a walled town with towers in the background.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Italian paper.

Sheet size: 27.6 x 19.2 cm (10.87 x 7.56 inch). Image size: 27.6 x 19.2 cm. (10.87 x 7.56 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LANDSCAPE, FLEMISH, FIGURES, TREES, TOWN, SERIES | PCO-EXPO-FLEMISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a series of eight landscape prints by Frans de Neve, Flemish school, showing countryside scenes with figures and towns. This impression trimmed.

State: only state.

Reference: Hollstein VI (Dutch & Flemish), no. 6; Bartsch IV.121.6.

Provenance: Ex collection Laurentius.

Biography engraver: Frans de Neve (II) (ca. 1621?1687) was a Flemish painter and engraver known for landscapes, active in Antwerp and Italy. His etchings often depict Italianate countryside scenes with figures.