Antique Print-VIEWS-SCHOONHOVEN-WOERDEN-Bouttats-Peeters-1680

Description

Panoramic views of the cities of Schoonhoven and Woerden in the Netherlands.

Made by Gasper I Bouttats after Joannes Peeters.

Medium: Engraving / Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 30.3 x 19.1 cm (11.93 x 7.52 inch). Image size: 25.2 x 17.3 cm. (9.92 x 6.81 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, soilng and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

VIEWS-SCHOONHOVEN-WOERDEN | PCO-E14-34

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From ‘Thooneel der Steden ende Sterckten van ‘t Vereenight Nederlandt met d’aengrensende Plaetsen soo in Brabandt Vlaenderen als anden Rhijn en elders verovert door de Waepenen der Groot-moghende Heeren Staeten onder het gheley vande seer Edele Hooghghebore Princen van Oranien’, Antwerpen, 1680.

Biography engraver: Gaspar Bouttats (1625-1695) was a Flemish engraver from Antwerp, mostly working for book publishers.

Biography artist: Ioan / Jan I Peeters (1624-1677) was a Flemish painter of marine scenes. Later he also became an art dealer. He was a student of his brothers Bonaventura and Gilles. His students include his children Jan Frans and Isabelle and Adriaen van Bloemen.