Description This print shows a view on a landscape with a peasant man and wife. The wife is carrying a package on her head. A dog is running behind them and there are cows and sheet in front. A donkey is carrying luggage. Made by Dancker Danckerts after Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem. Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid / verge paper. Watermark: Coat of arms with French lily. Sheet size: 31.4 x 20.6 cm (12.36 x 8.11 inch). Image size: 30 x 19.8 cm. (11.81 x 7.8 inch). Condition: good, given age. Slightly brownish upper marigin on reverse. Remains of papertape in upper corners. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. ANIMALS-MAN-PEASANT-WIFE-DOG-LANDSCAPE-ROAD-COW-DONKEY | RBOS-A11-01 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive print was published by Pieter Schenk (1660-1700) ca. 1680. Reference: B. v. B. Het landschap in de Nederlandsche prentkunst IV, B. v. B. Biography engraver: Dancker Danckerts (1634-1666), Dutch engraver and publisher from Amsterdam. Made etching after Berchem after 1655. Brother of Justus Danckerts. Biography artist: 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.
