Rare-Antique Master Print-SLEEPING-CATTLE-HERDSMAN-Klein-van der Vinne-c.1825

Night landscape with sleeping herdsman and cattle

Made by J.A. Klein after Vincent Laurensz. van der Vinne (II).

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 11.9 x 14.6 cm (4.69 x 5.75 inch). Image size: 9.3 x 10.1 cm. (3.66 x 3.98 inch).

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

SLEEPING-CATTLE-HERDSMAN | PCO-C43-18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Johann Adam Klein (German; 1792-1875) was born in Nurnberg. He travelled to Vienna and Italy. Klein made a large number of etchings of a high quality. His prints were influential to other artists.

Biography artist: Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne (1686-1742) was an 18th-century painter of the Northern Netherlands.