Bathers in a Landscape

Bernard Lens

Artist, English, 1659 - 1725

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 x 29.2 cm (10 x 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 43.2 cm (12 x 17 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.97

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels:

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Cornelius Poulenberg pinxit Roma; lower center in plate: Lens fecit; lower right in plate: Cum Privilegio Regis; by later hand, lower right in pen and ink: E: Cooper ex.; by later hand (Steinberg?) in graphite: Bernard Lens Senior, London 1605-1725, or / Bernard Lens junior, London 1680-1741 (retired) this plate unknown to Nagler

Wikidata ID

Q76559262

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