Antique Print – LANDSCAPE PRINT-ROMAN TEMPLE-ROMAN-RUIN-PHILIPS after BREENBERGH – 1766

Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 15 x 10,6 cm. (5,9 x 4,2 inch). Image size: 14,2 x 9,3 cm. (5,6 x 3,7 inch).

From a series of 30 prints: ‘Landschapjes Ruwientjes enz.’, published in 1766, by F.W. Greebe. Ref: Wurzbach 1.

Made by Caspar Jacobsz. Philips after Breenberg. Caspar Jacobsz. Philips (1732 – 1789), was an 18th-century engraver and architectural historian of the Northern Netherlands. Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1599-1659) was a typical example of a dutch artist abroad. He travelled to Italy and was highly influenced by what he saw there.

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

Keywords: LANDSCAPE PRINT-ROMAN TEMPLE-ROMAN-RUIN

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