Antique Print-KAPELLE-ZEELAND-VILLAGE-Bendorp-Bulthuis-1792

View(s) of Kapelle, a village in the province of Zeeland, The Netherlands, as it appeared in c. 1750.

Made by Carel Frederik Bendorp after Jan Bulthuis.

Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 9.4 x 7.3 cm (3.7 x 2.87 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Image size indicated is for ea. view plus text. Part of image missing at top. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

KAPELLE-ZEELAND-VILLAGE | PCO-C48-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Vaderlandsche gezichten of afbeeldingen, behoorende tot den Tegenwoordigen staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden, […] door J. Bulthuis’ (later: J. Gardiner Visscher naar J.B.). Amsterdam, H. Gartman: 1786-1792.

Biography engraver: Carel Frederik Bendorp I (1736-1814) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher from Sas van Gent. He was active in Dordrecht and studied under Hendrik Kobell, Dirk Langendijk and Wouter Uiterlimmige.

Biography artist: Jan de Beijer (1703-1780), also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists.