Peasant Couple Sitting under a Tree
c. 1630/1660
Artist, Dutch, 1613 or 1614 - 1672
Willem Basse

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper; laid down
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 8.8 x 10.7 cm (3 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1994.70.17
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 31
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Unidentified collector (Lugt 417); Van Hattum Collection; purchased 1989 by NGA library (transferred to permanent collection in 1994).
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower left to lower center verso in graphite: Basse fec / 5/47 [?]ire / Mi[?] [?]; by later hand, lower center verso in brown ink: 1614
Wikidata ID
Q75125744