Peasant Couple Sitting under a Tree, c. 1630/1660

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 8.8 x 10.7 cm (3 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

David K. E. Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 31

Accession Number

1994.70.17

Artists / Makers

Willem Basse (artist) Dutch, 1613 or 1614 - 1672

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

Unidentified collector (Lugt 417); Van Hattum Collection; purchased 1989 by NGA library (transferred to permanent collection in 1994).

Associated Names

National Gallery of Art Library

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