Antique Master Print-BROOK-HORSE-COWS-SHEPARD-Somer-Visscher-Berchem-c.1680
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Description This print shows a view on cattle crossing a brook. In the background a man with a stick is pushing the cattle to cross over. In the front a woman with a bag walks next to a dog . There is also a man riding a horse who is drinking. Copy in reverse after Visscher. Made by Paulus van Somer after Cornelis Visscher after Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem. Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid / verge paper. Sheet size: 26 x 18.9 cm (10.24 x 7.44 inch). Image size: 25.8 x 18.7 cm. (10.16 x 7.36 inch). Condition: good, given age. Small margin. Diagonal fold. Spot of thin paper in lower corner. Fold in upper left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. CATTLE-BROOK-HORSE-COWS-DOG-SHEEP-SHEPARD | RBOS-A11-01 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive print was published ca 1680. Reference: Hollstein: copy in reverse. Biography engraver: Paul van Somer / Someren (1649-1694/1716), mostly worked in Paris and London as an engraver. Biography artist: Cornelis Visscher (1629-1658). Nicolaas Pietersz. Berchem, (Haarlem, 1622 – Amsterdam, 18 februari 1683) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher. He is best known for his pastoral Mediterranean landscapes.
Genre Prints