Name: Antique Master Print-SHEPHERD-CATTLE-LANDSCAPE-Visscher-Berchem-1640-1658
SKU: PICTURA-11733
Availability: InStock

Antique Master Print-SHEPHERD-CATTLE-LANDSCAPE-Visscher-Berchem-1640-1658

€80.00

A resting shepherd seated in the foreground with a stick, surrounded by a herd of cattle, goats, and sheep in a pastoral landscape with trees and distant mountains.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 31.2 x 19 cm (12.28 x 7.48 inch). Image size: 28.4 x 18.2 cm. (11.18 x 7.17 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Attached to a carrier sheet. Trimmed at the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SHEPHERD, CATTLE, GOATS, SHEEP, LANDSCAPE, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, PASTORAL SCENE, ETCHING, CORNELIS VISSCHER, NICOLAES BERCHEM | PCO-E30-11

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

In reverse of Hollstein Dutch 67-2(2), after Berchem, engraved by anonymous hand, attributed to Cornelis Visscher.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 67-2(2).

Biography engraver: Cornelis Visscher (1629-1658) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and draughtsman known for his detailed etchings of landscapes, genre scenes, and portraits. He was part of a family of artists and worked in Haarlem. His works were influential and widely reproduced.

Biography artist: Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683), Dutch painter and draughtsman of Italianate landscapes. His work inspired generations of engravers, including the Visschers.