Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 41.1 x 33 cm (16.18 x 12.99 inch). Image size: 24.2 x 20 cm. (9.53 x 7.87 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Trimmed to the plate. Irregular paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. THEATRE, STAGE DESIGN, MODERN HALL, INTERIOR SCENE, AMSTERDAM SCHOUWBURG, 18TH CENTURY THEATRE, DOMESTIC INTERIOR | PCO-B9-22 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From the series Stage Designs of the New Amsterdam Schouwburg, 1787-1794; scene from the play The Father of the Family by Denis Diderot (Dutch translation by H. van Elvervelt, Amsterdam 1773). State: A proof ed. of just the stage, without the surrounding theatre and audience. Reference: FMH 4288/8; Atlas van Stolk 4233/2; Rijksmuseum KOG-ZG-1-17B-97. Biography engraver: Cornelis Brouwer (1733-1803) was an engraver active in the Northern Netherlands in the late 18th century; active in Amsterdam from 1765. Worked for Ploos van Amstel (q.v.) since 1775. Biography artist: Jan Bulthuis (1750-1801) was a Dutch draftsman and painter. Johannes van Dreght (1737-1807) was a Dutch decorative painter; known for his work on fireplaces, carriages, yachts, sleds and fans.
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