Name: Antique Master Print-VIN-DE-L-ETRIER-WINE-STIRRUP-HORSES-Moyreau-Wouwerman-1739
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Antique Master Print-VIN-DE-L-ETRIER-WINE-STIRRUP-HORSES-Moyreau-Wouwerman-1739

€345.00

‘LE VIN DE L?ETRIER / GRAVE D?APRES LE TABLEAU ORIGINAL DE P. WOUWERMANS, QUI EST AU CABINET DE MONSEIGNEUR LE PRINCE DE CARIGNAN. / A PARIS CHEZ MOYREAU, GRAVEUR DU ROI, RUE ST. JACQUES.’

– A lively genre scene depicting riders stopping at a rural stable to drink wine before mounting. Men and women on horseback and foot surround a wine pourer; dogs, trees, and architecture enhance the composition.

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Description

Medium: Etching and copper engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 57.3 x 45.6 cm (22.56 x 17.95 inch). Image size: 47.4 x 35.6 cm. (18.66 x 14.02 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PHILIPS WOUWERMAN, JEAN MOYREAU, EQUESTRIAN, GENRE SCENE, WINE, STABLE, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ENGRAVING, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE, CARIGNAN COLLECTION | PCO-B8-27

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a painting by Wouwerman in the collection of Prince Victor-Amedee de Carignan. Printed in Paris, 1739.

Reference: Nagler Kunstlerlexikon IX.533.45.

Biography engraver: Jean Moyreau (1690-1762), French engraver and royal printmaker. Trained under Bon Boullogne. Known for high-quality reproductions after Watteau and Wouwerman, often for aristocratic collections.

Biography artist: Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668), Dutch Golden Age painter celebrated for equestrian and genre scenes. Highly collected in the 18th century.