print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1856,0712.122
- Title
- Series: 'Ectypa' of Ploos van Amstel
- Description
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Village scene with a draughtsman in front of a cottage, other figures looking over his shoulder from the doorway, trees at left, a second cottage in background with a figure seen in the roof window; a facsimile of a drawing by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout; from a series of 105 facsimiles published by Christian Josi as a continuation of Ploos van Amstel's publication; illustration to Josi's "Collection d'imitations de dessins" (London: 1821). 1767
Etching and roulette in Ploos van Amstel's technique, in brown ink
Verso: Coat of arms of Ploos van Amstel
Crayon-manner in Ploos van Amstel's technique
- Production date
- 1767 (published in 1821)
- Dimensions
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Height: 156 millimetres
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Width: 205 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For comment see 1895,1031.38. The drawing by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout is in Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam.
Lit.: T. Laurentius, J.W. Niemeijer and G. Ploos van Amstel, 'Cornelis Ploos van Amstel 1726-1798, Kunstverzamelaar en Prentuitgever', Assen, 1980, p.280, no.58.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Collection d'imitations de dessins (London, 1821)
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1856,0712.122