Antique Master Print-LANDSCAPE-SKATERS-BRIDGE-WINTER-Van de Velde-1616

Description

A detailed winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen river, a bridge, and windmills in the background.

Made by Jan van de Velde II after own design.

Medium: Etching on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 19.7 x 14.1 cm (7.76 x 5.55 inch). Image size: 19.7 x 14.1 cm. (7.76 x 5.55 inch).

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

WINTER LANDSCAPE, SKATERS, JAN VAN DE VELDE II, DUTCH ETCHING, 1616, BRIDGE, WINDMILLS, HISTORICAL SCENES | EXPO-416 (DUTCH)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Hollstein-Dutch 279-2(3); Franken & van der Kellen 318-3(4).

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.