Fisherman with Pack over His Shoulder

1779, published 1781

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (editor) and Cornelis Brouwer (printmaker), after Ludolf Backhuysen

Associated Names
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Editor, Dutch, 1726 - 1798

Cornelis Brouwer

Artist, Dutch, active second half 18th century

Ludolf Backhuysen

Artist After, Dutch, 1630 - 1708

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner and aquatint with etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sherwood B. Smith, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 14.4 × 21.1 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.67.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laurentius et al. 1980, no. 32, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johannes Lublink II [1736-1816] (handwritten dedication)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1980

  • Laurentius, Th. et al. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel 1726-1798, kunstverzamelaar en prentuitgever. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1980.

Inscriptions

in image on flag: LB; verso in center in brown ink: Geofered / aan myne Waarde Vriend / den Kunstlievenden de Heer Joh: Lublenck / door syn E.D. Dienaar en Vriend / PvAmstel / 4 January 178i; verso along bottom in brown ink: G: Netscherdel 1664. PloosvAmstel JC. 1781

Markings

verso: artist's mark (Eusman 9)

Wikidata ID

Q65567215

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