Title Page with Fountain

1652

Karel Dujardin

Associated Names
Karel Dujardin

Artist, Dutch, 1626 - 1678

The image depicts a scene with a stone structure extending into the middle. The stone wall dominates the upper portion, appearing unfinished or partially destroyed. The brushstrokes resemble fine, detailed etching lines. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of black lines against a creamy background. Trees frame the scene, with clouds lightly etched in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous gift in memory of Charles B. Hoyt

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 15.3 × 13.6 cm (6 × 5 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.2.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Adam Vassilievitch Olsoufiev (1721-1784), Saint Petersburg [Lugt 1752]

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

recto: in plate, at center: K. DV. JARDIN fe / et Excud 1652 / A.D.; in plate, at lower right: 1; in brown ink, at lower right: L. O. [Adam Vassilievitch Olsoufiev, Lugt 1752]; verso: in graphite, at center: 9

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65080287

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