Antique Master Print-MASTER PRINT-STUDY-MAN-PEASANT-Bloemaert-1640

Antique Master Print, untitled. This figure study shows a peasant man.

Made by Frederik Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert.

Medium: engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 29.5 x 42 cm (11.61 x 16.54 inch). Image size: 17 x 21.3 cm. (6.69 x 8.39 inch).

Condition: good, given age. A few crinkles and creases. Some spots in the margins. Irregular edges as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MASTER PRINT-STUDY-MAN-PEASANT | DP-A3-001-25

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

No. 131 from a series of figure studies, published by Frederik Bloemaert c. 1640. Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Frederik Bloemaert’ after ‘Abraham Bloemaert’.

Biography engraver: Frederik Bloemaert (Utrecht ca. 1614-1690) was a Dutch printmaker and draftsman.

Biography artist: Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) was a Dutch painter and etcher/engraver. He was one of the ‘Haarlem Mannerists’, but shifted towards a more Baroque style around 1600.