Horticulturist

1780, published 1787

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Editor, Dutch, 1726 - 1798

Cornelis Brouwer

Artist, Dutch, active second half 18th century

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sherwood B. Smith, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 9.2 × 12.8 cm (3 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1977.67.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laurentius et al. 1980, no. 43, State ii/ii


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.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 11, fig. 5.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: G.V.Eeckhour fe; verso at top in brown ink: Geoffererd aan myne Vriend ! / den Kunst... Heer / Jos. Lublenk dj / PvAmstel / JC / 18 February; verso along bottom in brown ink: Gerbrand...Eekhout del / PLoos van Amstel JC Fecit 1780

Markings

verso: artist's mark (Eusman 8)

Wikidata ID

Q65567256


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