Antique Master Print-YOUNG-PHILOSOPHER-MEZZOTINT-Stalker-Dou-c. 1800

Description

A young boy dressed in ornate clothing, blowing a bubble with concentrated attention.

Made by Ebenezer Stalker after Gerard Dou.

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 17.7 x 23.8 cm (6.97 x 9.37 inch). Image size: 17.3 x 23.4 cm. (6.81 x 9.21 inch).

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

YOUNG PHILOSOPHER, BUBBLE BLOWING, EBENEZER STALKER, GERARD DOU, MEZZOTINT, YOUTH SYMBOLISM | EXPO-70

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Ebenezer Stalker (1781?1847), British engraver known for mezzotints.

Biography artist: Gerard Dou (1613?1675), Dutch Baroque painter specializing in finely detailed genre scenes.