Print Description
This print shows a view on a leaving carriage from a mansion. A soldier on guard in front of the house. Number 6 from a series of 6 landscapes and soldiers.
Made by Johannes Adriaansz Bemme after Jan Anthonie Langendijk.
Medium: Etching / engraving on wove paper.
Sheet size: 11.5 x 14.3 cm (4.53 x 5.63 inch). Image size: 10 x 12.2 cm. (3.94 x 4.8 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Small margins. Remains of paper tape in upper corners. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SOLDIERS-CARRIAGE-MANSION-HORSES-ON GUARD | RBOS-A11-23
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published 1804.
State: second state of 2.
Reference: Wurzbach.
Provenance: Name on reverse: L.A. de Vries.
Biography engraver: Johannes Adriaansz. Bemme (1775-1841) was a Dutch etcher. Bemme was apprenticed to his father, the goldsmith and medal engraver, Adriaan Jansz. Bemme (1753-1831) and later studied in Rotterdam under the por?traitist, August Christian Hauck, as well as the better-known painter and draughtsman, Dirk Langendijk. After his father died, Bemme moved to The Hague, where he worked mostly as a medal maker, although he also had a sideline as a reproductive engraver.
Biography artist: Jan Anthonie Langendijk (1780-1818) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher from Rotterdam. He mainly portrayed genre, historic, military and animal scenes.
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