Antique Master Print-LOOSDUINEN-THE HAGUE-Maris-ca. 1870

This rare print shows a bridge at Loosduinen, near The Hague, Netherlands. We see ships passing, houses alongside the canal and a woman in traditional Dutch clothes carrying milk.

Made by Jacob Henricus Maris after own design.

Medium: Etching / Engraving on Handlaid paper. Watermark: No.

Sheet size: 29.8 x 19 cm (11.73 x 7.48 inch). Image size: 20 x 8.5 cm. (7.87 x 3.35 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Reverse remains of glue. Light soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LOOSDUINEN-THE HAGUE-NETHERLANDS-BRIDGE-TRADITIONAL CLOTHES-HOUSES-CANAL-THE HAGUE SCHOOL | RB-A7-22

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ca. 1870. Name of the artist in the plate on the left.

Biography engraver: Jacob Henricus Maris (1837-1899) was a Dutch painter and engraver, who with his brothers Willem and Matthijs belonged to what has come to be known as the Hague School of painters. He was considered to be the most important and influential Dutch landscape painter of the last quarter of the nineteenth century.