Antique Master Print-LANDSCAPE-HERD-SHEPHERD-GATE-RUIN-Brouwer-van Amstel-c.1769

This printdrawing shows a view on a herd of goats and a shepherd, under an old gate of a city.

Made by Cornelis Brouwer after Cornelis Brouwer after Simon van der Does.

Medium: Printdrawing / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 15.5 x 14.7 cm (6.1 x 5.79 inch). Image size: 15.5 x 14.7 cm. (6.1 x 5.79 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Remains of glue in margins on reverse. No margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANIMALS-LANDSCAPE-HERD-SHEPHERD-CITYGATE-RUIN | RBOS-A10-40

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive printdrawing was published by Ploos van Amstel. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, (1726-1798) was art collector, painter, graphic artist, engraver, copper engraver, printmaker, visual artist. He is best known for his collection of drawings and for his editions of prints. He was a timber merchant and broker in ships and ship shares.

Reference: LNP 39.

Provenance: Owner stamp from Ploos van Amstel on rear.

Biography engraver: Cornelis Brouwer (c.1733-1803).

Biography artist: Simon van der Does (1653-after 1717) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter, draughtsman and printmaker from The Hague.