Antique Master Print-OLDFASHIONABLE ROOM-THEATRE-SET-Brouwer-Barbiers-1787
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Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 41.4 x 33 cm (16.3 x 12.99 inch). Image size: 41.4 x 33 cm. (16.3 x 12.99 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Small tears in left and bottom paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. THEATRE, STAGE DESIGN, AMSTERDAM SCHOUWBURG, DE STIEFMOER, THOMAS ASSELYN, INTERIOR SCENE, 18TH CENTURY THEATRE | PCO-B9-24 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Series: Stage sets of the new Amsterdam Schouwburg (1787?1794). Published by Jan Willem Smit, Amsterdam, with privilege granted by the city council of Amsterdam. Reference: Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen, vol. II, no. 4288/4; N. Sluijter-Seijffert, Oud Holland 90 (1976), fig. 21. Biography engraver: Cornelis Brouwer (1733-1803) was an engraver active in the Northern Netherlands in the late 18th century; active in Amsterdam from 1765. Worked for Ploos van Amstel (q.v.) since 1775. Biography artist: Jan Bulthuis (1750?1801) was a Dutch draughtsman and painter, especially known for designs for book illustrations and theatre scenery. Pieter Barbiers (I) (1749?1842) was a Dutch painter and stage designer, closely associated with the Amsterdam Schouwburg and renowned for his architectural stage sets.
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