Antique Print-WINTER LANDSCAPE-SLOTEN-ICE-SLEDGE-Fokke-Avercamp-1722

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Winter landscape near Sloten. This print shows an attractive winter landscape on ice with a hunter holding a rifle and having ad shot duck in his belt. He is chatting to a fisherman near a hole in the ice warming himself by a fire while finding shelter in a hut. A horse walks nearby. In the middle a man is pooping on the ice and we see two sledges, a village and a ship in the background.

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Description

Winter landscape near Sloten. This print shows an attractive winter landscape on ice with a hunter holding a rifle and having ad shot duck in his belt. He is chatting to a fisherman near a hole in the ice warming himself by a fire while finding shelter in a hut. A horse walks nearby. In the middle a man is pooping on the ice and we see two sledges, a village and a ship in the background.

Made by Simon Fokke after Hendrick Avercamp.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 18 x 14.5 cm (7.09 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 16.2 x 12.7 cm. (6.38 x 5 inch).

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

WINTER LANDSCAPE-ICEFUN-HUNTER-FISHERMAN-MAN POOPING-SLEDGE-VILLAGE-SLOTEN | RBOS-A8-19

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published ca 1722-1784. Based on a drawing by Avercamp from 1624.

Biography engraver: Simon Fokke (1712?1784) was a Dutch designer, etcher, and engraver.

Biography artist: Hendrik Avercamp (1585-1634) was a Dutch painter of mainly winter- and ice skating scenes.

Additional information

Dimensions 14 × 18 × 1 cm

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