, Antique Master Print-OLDFASHIONABLE ROOM-THEATRE-SET-Brouwer-Barbiers-1787, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Master Print-OLDFASHIONABLE ROOM-THEATRE-SET-Brouwer-Barbiers-1787, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Master Print-OLDFASHIONABLE ROOM-THEATRE-SET-Brouwer-Barbiers-1787

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€295.00

‘DE OUDERWETSCHE BURGERKAMER.
MET DE AFBEELDING VAN HET TWAALFDE TOONEEL, UIT HET KLUCHTSPEL,
DE STIEFMO?R.

ZO JOCHEM! TOON U KLOEK; VERNEDER ?T BOOZE WYF;
DIE WREEDE STIEFMO?R KON TE LANG UW HUISRUST KRENKEN.
DE KIST ONTDEKTE IN ?T EIND HAAR SCHANDELYK BEDRYF;
NU KAN ZE IN ?T MOFFENKLEED HAAR? EERSTEN STAAT HERDENKEN.
MAAR VOLG HEER VLIERBOOMS RAAD: BEDENK ZY IS UW VROUW,
EN SCHENK VERGEEV?NG AAN HAAR OOTMOED, EN BEROUW.

TE AMSTERDAM, BY J.W. SMIT, MET PRIVILEGIE. 1787.’

– Stage interior of the Amsterdam Schouwburg showing the coulisse set De Ouderwetsche Burgerkamer. The scene depicts a dramatic moment from the farce ‘De Stiefmoer’ (The stepmother), with actors on stage, an audience in the parterre, side boxes with spectators, architectural columns with statues, and a detailed domestic interior as stage decor.

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SKU: PICTURA-12127 Categories: , Tags: ,

Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 41.4 x 33 cm (16.3 x 12.99 inch). Image size: 41.4 x 33 cm. (16.3 x 12.99 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Small tears in left and bottom paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

THEATRE, STAGE DESIGN, AMSTERDAM SCHOUWBURG, DE STIEFMOER, THOMAS ASSELYN, INTERIOR SCENE, 18TH CENTURY THEATRE | PCO-B9-24

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Series: Stage sets of the new Amsterdam Schouwburg (1787?1794). Published by Jan Willem Smit, Amsterdam, with privilege granted by the city council of Amsterdam.

Reference: Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen, vol. II, no. 4288/4; N. Sluijter-Seijffert, Oud Holland 90 (1976), fig. 21.

Biography engraver: Cornelis Brouwer (1733-1803) was an engraver active in the Northern Netherlands in the late 18th century; active in Amsterdam from 1765. Worked for Ploos van Amstel (q.v.) since 1775.

Biography artist: Jan Bulthuis (1750?1801) was a Dutch draughtsman and painter, especially known for designs for book illustrations and theatre scenery. Pieter Barbiers (I) (1749?1842) was a Dutch painter and stage designer, closely associated with the Amsterdam Schouwburg and renowned for his architectural stage sets.

Additional information

Dimensions 33 × 41 × 1 cm

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