Print Description
Landscape with shepherds and cattle at house
Made by Nicolas, Adam, and Gabriel Perelle after own design.
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 18.5 x 19.1 cm (7.28 x 7.52 inch). Image size: 17 x 17.4 cm. (6.69 x 6.85 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing and some staining. Slight paper loss in left margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LANDSCAPE-SHEPHERDS-CATTLE-HOUSE | PCO-C43-30
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Pierre Drevet (1663-1738), French engraver and publisher.
Biography engraver: Gabriel Perelle (1604-1677) was a French draftsman and printmaker of topographic views and landscapes. A pupil of Simon Vouet, Perelle specialized in classical landscapes not dissimilar to those of Francisque Millet, although more obviously decorative. He founded an etching workshop, and his sons Nicolas (1631-1695) and Adam (1640-1695) assisted him. Perelle was also a pupil of Daniel Rabel and produced several hundred engravings both from his own drawings and from those of other artists such as Isra?l Silvestre, Paul Bril, Jacques Callot, Michel Corneille the Elder, Jan Asselijn, Jacques Fouqui?res, Cornelis Poelenburg, and S?bastien Pontault de Beaulieu. These engravings in the etching and intaglio mainly depict landscapes of the Paris region, including views of castles, where he introduced the variety by adding ruins and various accessories.
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