Antique Master Print-SHEPARDS-LANDSCAPE-FERRY-RIVER-Visscher-Berchem-c.1670

Description This print shows a view on a landscape with a peasant wife riding a donkey waiting to cross the river by ferry with cows, sheep and her husband. Made by Johannes Visscher after Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem. Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid / verge paper. Watermark: countermark I. Sheet size: 23.2 x 15.1 cm (9.13 x 5.94 inch). Image size: 22.5 x 14.2 cm. (8.86 x 5.59 inch). Condition: good, given age. Stain on the right. Remains of paper tape in corners on reverse. Thin paper spot at top right. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. ANIMALS-MAN-PEASANT-WIFE-LANDSCAPE-ROAD-COW-FERRY-RIVER-DONKEY | RBOS-A11-01 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive print was published by Nicolaus Visscher (1629-1658) ca. 1670. Provenance: Stamp of two stars in blue on reverse: collection F. Baumgartner, a print dealer from Vienne, mid 19th.c. (Lugt 2900). Biography engraver: Johannes Visscher (1633-na 1692), was a Dutch engraver and etcher and brother from Cornelis and Lambert Visscher. . 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.