Antique Master Print-LE ROU PILLEUR-FAT MAN SITTING-Basan-Craesbeeck-1770

Original antique master print showing a fat man sitting in his living room holding a cup, 17th century. To his right a dog is eating.

Made by F. Basan after Joos van Craesbeeck.

Medium: Etching / engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 28.5 x 40.5 cm (11.22 x 15.94 inch). Image size: 25 x 37 cm. (9.84 x 14.57 inch).

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

LE ROU PILLEUR-FAT MAN SITTING-DRINKING-DOG | DPO-A2-003-19

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in France by Basan c. 1770.

Biography engraver: Pierre-Francois Basan (Paris 1723-1797) is a French engraver. He was a pupil of Etienne Fessard and Jean Daulle. He was principally occupied as a printseller, and published a ‘Dictionnaire des Graveurs’ in 1789.

Biography artist: Joos van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/06 ? c. 1660) was a Flemish baker and a painter who played an important role in the development of Flemish genre painting in the mid-17th century through his tavern scenes and dissolute portraits.