Antique Master Print-TAVERN SCENE-Bega-Vaillant-c.1664

Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (vergé) paper. Watermark: Coat of arms with cross.
Sheet size: 32,8 x 27 cm. (12,9 x 10,6 inch). Image size: 32,8 x 27 cm. (12,9 x 10,6 inch).

After the painting by Cornelis Bega, which is dated 1664 (curently in Stockholm). Ref: Hollstein 133-2 (3). Before the address of de Wit

Made by ‘Wallerant Vaillant’ after ‘Cornelis Pietersz. Bega’. Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677) was one of the first artists who extensively used the mezzotint technique. He created many fine prints in this medium. Cornelis Pietersz. Bega (1620-1664) was a Dutch genre painter, draughtsman and engraver from Haarlem. He was the son of Pieter J. Begeyn and he was a pupil of Adriaen van Ostade. He travelled to Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

Condition: Good, given age. Trimmed at image / plate. Slight paper loss and thin paper in corners. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

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