Print Description
This print shows a landscape with a blacksmith in front of his house shoeing a horse. A waiting horse in line is peeing. Man are waiting near their horses. Behind this a loaded wagon arrives pulled by horses. In front a mother with baby and small child is sitting on the ground.
Made by Jan de Visscher after Philips Wouwerman.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: French lily, lettering AI.
Sheet size: 35.5 x 29.5 cm (13.98 x 11.61 inch). Image size: 34.5 x 26.8 cm. (13.58 x 10.55 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Remains of glue in upper corners. Stain on reverse. Crease in middle. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SHOEING A HORSE-BLACKSMITH-PEEING HORSE-WAGON-MOTHER WITH CHILDREN-WAITING | RBOS-LARGE-T28
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by Pieter Schenk (II) who was a Dutch publisher, print artist, art dealer (1693-1775).
Biography engraver: Jan de Visscher (1636-1692-1712, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver who became a painter in later life.
Biography artist: Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668) was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes.
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