Anthonie Waterloo, “Path by a Large Oak”, c.1645

Anthonie Waterloo (aka Anthoni Waterloo; Antoni Waterlo) (1609–1690)

“Path by a Large Oak” (aka “Le chemin près du grand chêne”; “Grote eik naast een pad”), c.1645 ([Rijksmuseum dates] 1630–1663), from a series of six landscapes, “Forest scenes, series B” (aka “Bosgezichten, serie B”; “Six Landscapes”).

This impression is from the Pierre-François Basan (1723–1797) edition of eighty-eight Waterloo prints published in Paris c.1785 (1784–1786) with the paper of this sheet watermarked with the year 1779 (or possibly 1772)—interestingly, the chain-line separation (30mm) and the lettering of the watermark lies outside the three paper types often used by Basan, as described by Morse (1992) (see pp. xvii–xviii).

Etching with drypoint on fine laid paper (partial watermark dated 177[2/9?]) with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 20.3 x 20.7cm; (plate) 13.2 x 14.6cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper left): “A.W.f”; (upper right) “2”.

State iii (of iii) with “Regular cross-hatching added on the lower section of the stump at the left …” (Morse [1992], p. 86).

TIB 0201.066 S3 (Peter Morse [ed.] 1992, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Antoni Waterloo”, vol. 2, Commentary, Part 1, New York, Abaris Books, pp. 84–6, cat. no. [0201.066 S3); Hollstein Dutch 66 (Christiaan Schuckman 1997, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450–1700: Antoni Waterloo,” vol. 50, Rotterdam, Sound and Vision, p. 156, cat. no. 66).

The British Museum and the Rijksmuseum offer descriptions of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-1658 (BM inv. no. Sheepshanks.1658);  http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.193760.

Condition: a strong impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate with wide margins. Beyond minor imperfections intrinsic to the paper and a faint pencil notation by a previous collector in the right margin, the sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this superb impression of a beautiful etching (with drypoint) by the largely self-taught landscape artist of the Dutch Golden Age, Anthonie Waterloo, showing in great clarity travellers on a country road, for the total cost of AU$288 (currently US$187.84/ EUR177.43/ GBP147.81 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$288) as this is my currency.

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