Description: Made in 1775, published in 1775. State: Fourth state of 4. Ref: LNP 25. signed in pencil on the back.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Cornelis Ploos van Amstel/Bernard Schreuder' after 'Pieter Coopse'. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798) was active as merchant in Amsterdam. He was an avid collector of art and invented a method of making prints after drawings from his own collection. Pieter Coopse (or Pieter Jansz. Coops, 1640-1673) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes from Hoorn in the Netherlands.
Subject: Antique Master Print, untitled. Sleeping peasant holding a jug in a tavern. Three others in the background.
Condition: Very good, given age. No margins, as published. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 15.5 x 19.2 cm. The image size is ca. 15.5 x 19.2 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.1 x 7.6 inch. The image size is ca. 6.1 x 7.6 inch.
Medium: Printdrawing on laid paper paper. Watermark: A printdrawing is a work of art made to simulate a drawing, using a combination of graphical techniques including roulette, mezzotint, crayon / stipple engraving, etching and aquatint etching.
Location: LA-B3-11
SKU: 49896
Section: LA-PLOOS VAN AMSTEL
