Antique Master Print-RIVER-LANDSCAPE-BRIDGE-CLIFFSIDE-CASTLE-Almeloveen-1810

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 16.4 cm (8.03 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 15.3 x 10.3 cm. (6.02 x 4.06 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Minor age-related wear and slight staining in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JAN VAN ALMELOVEEN, RIVER LANDSCAPE, STONE BRIDGE, IDEAL LANDSCAPE, DUTCH ETCHING, MOUNTAIN VALLEY, CASTLE, VILLAGE, PASTORAL SCENERY, HOLLSTEIN 34 | EXPO-DUTCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk (…)’. Published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1810. The publication assembles studies after celebrated seventeenth-century masters intended for artistic training. .

State: Extremely rare ed./restrike from original seventeenth-century copperplate.

Reference: Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.

Biography engraver: Jan van Almeloveen (1656–1684) was a Dutch etcher, painter and physician from Mijdrecht. He produced numerous landscapes and topographical views, often inspired by the Italianate manner of Nicolaes Berchem. Despite his short life, he left a substantial etched oeuvre highly regarded by collectors.