Antique Master Print-ANIMALS-DONKEY-MAN-DOG-LANDSCAPE-Visscher-Berchem-c.1670

Description This print shows a view on a man walking on a road in a landscape between two donkeys loaded with stuff. A dog is walking in front. Made by Johannes Visscher after Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem. Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid / verge paper. Sheet size: 20.8 x 16.4 cm (8.19 x 6.46 inch). Image size: 19 x 15 cm. (7.48 x 5.91 inch). Condition: good, given age. Small paper loss in left margin. Smudges on reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. ANIMALS-DONKEY-MAN-DOG-LANDSCAPE-ROAD | RBOS-A11-01 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive print was published ca 1670 by Justus Danckerts. Justus Danckerts (1635-1701), Dutch engraver and etcher from Amsterdam. Brother of Dancker Danckerts. Reference: Nicolaes Berchem: In het licht van Itali?, Frans Halsends, 2006, p. 127. Provenance: Two stamps on reverse. One “dubbel RPK” (Lugt 2233) and the other a circle with a coat of arms & KONING BIBLIO (Lugt 240), both from the Rijksprentenkabinet Amsterdam. Biography artist: Johannes Visscher (1633-na 1692), was a Dutch engraver and etcher and brother from Cornelis and Lambert Visscher. 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.