Print Description
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23 x 16.3 cm (9.06 x 6.42 inch). Image size: 20 x 10 cm. (7.87 x 3.94 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Original fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SPIEGEL DER NATUUR, SCHOOL TER TEEKENKUNDE, MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE, LAKESIDE VILLAGE, CHURCH, RUINS, DUTCH ETCHING | EXPO-FRENCH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: ‘Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. Allen zoo veele studiën van Silvestre, Perelle, Quinault, Du Moulin, Della Bella, Zaftleven, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Nolpe, Vermeulen, Visscher en Schenk (…)’. Published by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, Amsterdam, 1810. The publication assembles studies after celebrated seventeenth-century masters intended for artistic training. .
State: Extremely rare ed./restrike from original seventeenth-century copperplate.
Reference: Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525; Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-84.
Biography engraver: Engraver unknown.
Biography artist: Nicolas Perelle (1631-1695) was a French draftsman and printmaker. He worked with his father Daniel (1604-1677) and his brother Adam (1640-1695). Israël Silvestre (1621–1691) was a prolific French topographical artist.
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