Name: Antique Master Print-TWO-DOGS-SLEEPING-Dujardin-c.1641-1678
SKU: PICTURA-07051
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Antique Master Print-TWO-DOGS-SLEEPING-Dujardin-c.1641-1678

€175.00

‘SIGNED IN THE PLATE AT UPPER RIGHT: “K. DU I. F.”; NUMBERED LOWER RIGHT: “5.”‘

– Two dogs sleeping before a rustic fence, with farm equipment, a plough, baskets, and a tree in the distance. Rural setting, Italianate style.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge), laid down with added Japanese paper margins paper. Watermark: None visible.

Sheet size: 16.9 x 15 cm (6.65 x 5.91 inch). Image size: 13.6 x 15.3 cm. (5.35 x 6.02 inch).

Condition: excellent, given age. Trimmed close to plate mark and laid down with wide added Japanese paper margins. Clean impression, no visible foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

KAREL DUJARDIN, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, ETCHING, FARM DOGS, SLEEPING ANIMALS, RUSTIC SCENE, ITALIANATE LANDSCAPE, 17TH-CENTURY PRINT | EXPO-DUTCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

State: III (final state, Dutuit & Hollstein).

Reference: Dutuit 5.III; Hollstein VI.31.5.III.

Biography engraver: Karel Dujardin (1626-1678) was a Dutch painter and etcher of Italianate landscapes, animals, and genre scenes. He trained with Nicolaes Berchem and spent much of his life in Italy, where he died in Venice. His finely detailed etchings often depict peaceful rural life.