Antique Master Print-PEASANTS-WIFE-BABY-MILKING COW-Visscher-Berchem-c.1670

This print shows a view on a peasant wife resting against a tree holding a child against her breast. Another woman is milking a cow. Antoher cow and sheep are around them.

Made by Johannes Visscher after Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem.

Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid / verge paper. Watermark: 5-pointed foolscap.

Sheet size: 25.7 x 19.5 cm (10.12 x 7.68 inch). Image size: 24.7 x 18 cm. (9.72 x 7.09 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Remains of paper tape in corners on reverse. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANIMALS-PEASANTS-WIFE-BABY-BREAST-REST-SHEEP-MILKING COW | RBOS-A11-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published ca. 1670.

Biography engraver: Johannes Visscher (1633-na 1692), was a Dutch engraver and etcher and brother from Cornelis and Lambert Visscher. .

Biography artist: Nicolaas Pietersz. Berchem, (Haarlem, 1622 – Amsterdam, 18 februari 1683) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher. He is best known for his pastoral Mediterranean landscapes.