Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 42.2 x 36 cm (16.61 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 42.2 x 36 cm. (16.61 x 14.17 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Two tears at bottom left paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
THEATRE, STAGE DESIGN, ITALIAN STREET, AMSTERDAM SCHOUWBURG, VOLTAIRE, DE WEDERGEVONDEN ZOON, 18TH CENTURY THEATRE | PCO-B9-21
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Series: Stage sets of the new Amsterdam Schouwburg (1775-1777). Published by Johannes Smit & Son, Amsterdam.
Reference: N. Sluijter-Seijffert, Oud Holland 90 (1976), fig. 16; Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen, vol. II, no. 4289/6.
Biography engraver: Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver, highly regarded for theatrical prints and book illustrations. Harmanus Vinkeles (1762-1831), his son, was a prominent engraver known for historical, architectural, and stage-related subjects.
Biography artist: Hermanus Numan (1744-1820) was a Dutch painter and stage designer, active as a decorator for theatrical scenery and known for architectural and urban compositions.
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