Rare-Antique Master Print-AURORA-SUNRISE-MARINE COASTAL VIEW-SHIPS-Velde-17th.c

Description

(Sunrise.) Marine view with several ships at sunrise. At left a shipyard with figures at a campfire.

Made by Jan van de Velde after own design.

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

Sheet size: 21.5 x 13.4 cm (8.46 x 5.28 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 13.4 cm. (8.46 x 5.28 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Trimmed to plate. Corners abit thin . Two small rust spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AURORA-SUNRISE-MARINE COASTAL VIEW-SHIPS | PCO-C104-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a series ‘De delen van de dag’ (parts of the day). Publisher: Johannes de Ram (1648-1693), who was an etcher, publisher and dealer in Amsterdam.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 71 mentions 3 states. This is a later 17th.c. ed. of the 3rd state.

Biography engraver: Jan van de Velde II (1593-1641) came from the southern Netherlands as a fugitive around 1600 to the northern Netherlands. His father was a writingmaster and Jan was trained as an etcher. He produced many highly important series of landscape prints.