Antique Print-RIVER VECHT-ESTATE ROOSEDAAL-UTRECHT-Engelbrecht-May-ca. 1740

This rare handcoloured optical print (vue d’optique) shows a view on the estate called Roosedaal, next to the river Vecht nearby Utrecht (Netherlands). We see people walking, a carriage, a peddler and boats fishing in the river Vecht. From a series of engravings with different estates/manors along the Vecht.

Made by Martin Engelbrecht after S.C. May.

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

Sheet size: 29 x 21.3 cm (11.42 x 8.39 inch). Image size: 28 x 19 cm. (11.02 x 7.48 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Mounted on thin cardborard. Brownish. Stains in lower margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RIVER VECHT-ESTATE ROOSEDAAL-UTRECHT-NETHERLANDS-FISHINGBOATS-PEDDLER-CARRIAGE-MANOR | RBOS-A7-08

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published ca 1740.

Biography engraver: Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) was a German engraver and publisher of mostly ornaments and views from Augsburg. He worked with his brother Christian Engelbrecht (1672?1735).