Print Description
This print shows a view on a landscape with trees where a man and a woman are resting after work. In the backgroud we see a boy with a ploughing ox.
Made by Johannes Visscher after Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23.6 x 15.8 cm (9.29 x 6.22 inch). Image size: 23 x 14.6 cm. (9.06 x 5.75 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Creases in cornes. Small margin. Brown spots. Fold with 2 small holes. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
RESTING WORKERS-PLOUGHING OX-LANDSCAPE-BOY | RBOS-A10-26
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This print was published by Theodorus Danckerts ca 1680.
Biography engraver: Johannes Visscher (1633-34-1712). Etcher, engraver and painter, born in Haarlem, 1658 moved to Amsterdam, where he may have died. Pupil of Cornelis Visscher. As painter pupil of Michiel Carr?e. Brother of Cornelis and Lambert Visscher.
Biography artist: Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, Nicolaes also spelled Claes, Berchem as Berghem, Berighem and Berrighem (Haarlem, 1622 – Amsterdam, 18 February 1683) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is best known for his pastoral, Mediterranean landscapes.
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