Description This printdrawing shows a view on woman on a mule waiting to cross over the river by ferry. Together with her herd of cows, goats and a dog. Made by Johannes Kornlein after Nicolaas Berghem. Medium: Printdrawing / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 22.8 x 14.8 cm (8.98 x 5.83 inch). Image size: 22.8 x 14.8 cm. (8.98 x 5.83 inch). Condition: good, given age. Remains of glue in margins on reverse. No margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. ANIMALS-LANDSCAPE-HERD-SHEPHERD-WOMAN ON MULE-FERRY-RIVER | RBOS-A10-40 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive printdrawing was published by Ploos van Amstel. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, (1726-1798) was art collector, painter, graphic artist, engraver, copper engraver, printmaker, visual artist. He is best known for his collection of drawings and for his editions of prints. He was a timber merchant and broker in ships and ship shares. State: LNP 15, 5th and final state: Van H. 8. Provenance: Owner stamp from Ploos van Amstel on rear. Biography engraver: Johannes Kornlein was a German etcher, engraver (printmaker), draftsman (1719/1721-1772) from Nuremberg and active in Amsterdam. Biography artist: Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem / Berghem (1620-1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.
