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This is a
discipline within the Dutch realistic landscape tradition from the
mid 17th century.
At the height of the so called Golden Age well-known artist like
Nicolas Berchem, Paulus Potter and Adriaan Van de Velde
specialized in this genre,
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Paulus
Potter (1625-1654) is in many eyes Holland's most heralded animal
artist. His art is all the more remarkable considering that he died at
the age of twenty-nine and thus his oeuvre is small in number. Both a
painter and printmaker he created only eighteen etchings. Shortly after
Potter's death, Marcus De Bye began etching sets of animal studies after
this master's drawings. The first set was published around 1657 and at
least five others followed based solely upon Potter's designs. The sizes
for the series ranged from eight to sixteen plates. |
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Marcus de
Bye (1639-1688)
Painter engraving from The Hague. Pupil of the painter Jacob van der Does. He is
more known for his etchings then for his paintings, among them fine work after
Paulus Potter.
The publishing history for De Bye's etchings after Paulus Potter is well documented. Rare first state impressions lack the address of N. Visscher on the frontis-piece plate and were printed in only a handful of impressions. In the second state impressions Nicolaas Visscher's name appears. This major publisher printed editions of De Bye's sets from approximately 1660 to 1700. In 1726 Petrus Schenk acquired the plates and printed sets bearing his name along the lower margins of the frontis piece etchings.
The etchings
offered below are etched by De Bye
They are from a state before the added
address of Schenk and published by Visscher..
A
complete series of Potter Sheep (16 etchings)
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Good impressions with nice margins in a full sheet. 12 by 14,80 cm on plate border, 18 by 22 cm for the sheet. Pasted with borders on a collectors sheet. Good condition. A total of 16 prints Rare to be found as a complete uniform set. Click here for a page with images from the complete set (16 prints) |
A
complete series of Potter Goats (8 etchings)
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14 by 17 cm trimmed on plate border Tipped with top corners on a collectors sheet. Good condition. Fine impressions B.1 - B.8 ( III / IV ) Rare to be found as a complete uniform set. Click here for a page with images from the complete set (8 prints)
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Another
complete series of Potter
Cows (8 etchings)
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Good impressions measuring 11,50 by 14,50 cm trimmed on plate border. A uniform set with Fools head watermark on 1,5,7 and 8
B.27-B.24 Tipped with left
corners on a collectors sheet. Good condition. |
All these works
are available for purchase.
Of course you can access larger images by clicking on the thumbnail images
above.
Contact me for a price list if interested.
Below you can access detail images to see the quality of these works.
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