Description: Famous mezzotint, called: "het Muijsvalletje". State: only state. Ref: Wurzbach 26.
Artists and Engravers: Made by N. Verkolje after G. Douw. Nikolaas Verkolje (Delft 1673-1746 Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and pioneer mezzotint engraver in the Netherlands. Gerard Dou (or Dow/Douw, 1613-1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, specialised in genre scenes and his candle-lit night scenes.
Subject: Antique print, untitled. A woman and her son at night, in an open window. The mother holds a mousetrap in the light of a candle.
Condition: Very good, given age. Margins cropped close to the platemark. Remains of attachment to carrier to the rear of the sheet. From the collections of Baron Isendoorn a Blois, Cannenburg castle (Lugt 2610) and Van Ekelen (not in Lugt). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 22 x 26.5 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 25.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8.7 x 10.4 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 10 inch.
Medium: Mezzotint on hand laid paper.
Location: C348-04
SKU: 44974
Section: TPC-MASTERPRNITS-DUTCH FLEMISH
