Antique Master Print-LANDSCAPE-FORTRESS-SCHELDE-ANTWERP-van de Velde-c. 1620

Description

Fishermen on rowing boats before a fortress on the Schelde river near Antwerp.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Esaias van de Velde.

Medium: Etching on Hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Pot with letters FC.

Sheet size: 14.5 x 21.7 cm (5.71 x 8.54 inch). Image size: 14.5 x 21.7 cm. (5.71 x 8.54 inch).

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

LANDSCAPE, FORTRESS, SCHELDE, ANTWERP, FISHERMEN, 1620, ESAIAS VAN DE VELDE, DUTCH LANDSCAPE | EXPO-418 (DUTCH)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From a series of landscapes published by Hendrik Hondius I, after Hollstein Dutch 25.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 25.

Biography artist: Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630) was a Dutch landscape painter and Court Painter to the Prince of Orange.