Print Description
A landscape with hunters and dogs chasing wild boars in a dense forest, with distant deer and hills visible in the background.
Made by Matthaus Merian the Elder after own design.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: pot.
Sheet size: 19.8 x 30 cm (7.8 x 11.81 inch). Image size: 19.8 x 30 cm. (7.8 x 11.81 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Nice drank impression. Some printer’s creases at top middle from printing. Slight foxing and soilng Small tear at top and bottom margins, not effecting the image. Add’l small tear at bottom right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WILD BOAR HUNT, MATTH?US MERIAN, 17TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, LANDSCAPE, BAROQUE ART | PCO-E21-23
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) was a Swiss-born engraver, publisher, and member of the Basel patrician family, known for his highly detailed landscapes and historical works.
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