Name: Antique Master Print-MOUNTAINOUS-RIVER-LANDSCAPE-HORSEMAN-Lefebvre-1680
SKU: PICTURA-12661
Availability: InStock

Antique Master Print-MOUNTAINOUS-RIVER-LANDSCAPE-HORSEMAN-Lefebvre-1680

€495.00

‘?V. LEFEBRE DEL. ET SCULP.? / ?J. VAN CAMPEN FORMIS VENETYS?’

– Large mountainous river landscape with trees in the foreground, a horseman mounting his horse assisted by a groom, and a seated figure resting nearby. A river valley with cliffs, buildings and a church tower appears in the distance.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 44.5 x 33.5 cm (17.52 x 13.19 inch). Image size: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. (17.52 x 13.19 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Backed and partly removed backing. Some chipping of paper edges with small tears. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE, HORSEMAN, GROOM, VENETIAN PRINT, VALENTIN LEF?BVRE, ITALIAN LANDSCAPE PRINT, 17TH CENTURY ETCHING | PCO-EXPO-ITALIAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Jacobus van Campen, Venice. From ‘Opera selectiora quae Titianus Vecellius Cadubriensis et Paulus Calliari Veronensis inventarunt ac pinxerunt’ (1680).

Biography engraver: Valentin Lefebvre (c.1642-c.1682) was a Flemish engraver and printmaker active mainly in Venice. He is best known for his reproductive engravings after Venetian masters such as Titian and Paolo Veronese. Lef?bvre published several series of prints reproducing important Italian paintings, contributing to the dissemination of Venetian Renaissance compositions throughout Europe.