Rare-Antique Master Print-LANDSCAPE-BRIDGE-Schonecker-Cats-c.1780

Medium: Etching and aquatint printed in brown on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 18.3 x 12.5 cm (7.2 x 4.92 inch). Image size: 18.3 x 12.5 cm. (7.2 x 4.92 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Clean impression, trimmed to image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LANDSCAPE, DUTCH COUNTRYSIDE, BRIDGE, COTTAGE, JACOB CATS, AQUATINT, 18TH CENTURY, SCHONECKER | PCO-EXPO-GERMAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, 1948.11.290.

Provenance: Ex. Collection Laurentius.

Biography engraver: Regina Katherina Schoenecker (c. 1762-c. 1818) was a German printmaker known for her delicate etchings after Dutch and German masters. Active in the late 18th century, she often worked in aquatint and is known for refined landscape reproductions. She worked with Marie Christine Prestel in Frankfurt.

Biography artist: Jacob Cats (1741-1799) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker, celebrated for his finely detailed landscapes, often depicting rural scenes with cottages, trees and waterways.