Description: Source unknown, to be determined. State: Second state of 2. Ref: Hollstein 360.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Boetius Adam Bolswert' after 'Abraham Bloemaert'. Boetius a Bolswert (1580-1633) was a renowned copper-plate engraver from Friesland. In his time the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens called forth new endeavours by engravers to imitate or reproduce the breadth, density of mass and dynamic illumination of those works. Boetius Bolswert was an important figure in this movement, not least because he was the elder brother and instructor of the engraver Schelte à Bolswert, whose reproductions of Rubens's landscapes were most highly esteemed in their own right. Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) was a Dutch painter and etcher/engraver. He was one of the 'Haarlem Mannerists', but shifted towards a more Baroque style around 1600.
Subject: Antique Master Print, untitled. Landscape with the angel leading Tobit away, with an old thatched barn in the background as well as other farm equipment.
Condition: Very good, given age. Thread margins, a restored / backed wormhole in the upper left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 26.2 x 20.2 cm. The image size is ca. 26.2 x 20.2 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.3 x 8 inch. The image size is ca. 10.3 x 8 inch.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: coat of arms with a letter M.
Location: (LATPC) Q1-084
SKU: 52359
Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS
