Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24.2 x 32.4 cm (9.53 x 12.76 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Some signs of age-related toning, minor foxing along the edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FREDERIK BLOEMAERT, DUTCH BAROQUE, 17TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING, PASTORAL SCENE, RURAL LIFE, ALLEGORY, STANDING MAN, LANDSCAPE | PCO-E21-43
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Likely part of a series of pastoral or allegorical prints produced in the late 17th or early 18th century.
Biography engraver: Frederik Bloemaert (c.1614-1690) was a Dutch printmaker and draftsman. Bloemaert was born and died in Utrecht. He was the youngest son of Abraham Bloemaert and distinguished himself as an engraver. He learned the art from his father, and was chiefly occupied in engraving after his designs. His principal work was a drawing book, containing 173 plates, engraved from the designs of his father. He also executed a few plates entirely with the graver. His prints are sometimes signed A. Bloem. inv. F. B. filius fecit, and sometimes F. B.
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