Roelant Roghman, “Deer in the Hague Forest”, c. 1640–1652

Roelant Roghman (aka Roeland Roghman) (1627–1692)

“Deer in the Hague Forest” (Dutch: “Herten in het Haagse Bos”), circa 1640–1652

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on fine buff-coloured laid paper with wide margins. This is the final plate (Plate 6) in the series of six plates, “The Woods of the Hague” (Dutch: “Gezichten in het Haagse Bos”), published in Amsterdam by Pieter Nolpe.

The impression is from the third and final state (of three), showing the plate number “6” inscribed twice. It is richly inked, crisp, and evenly printed—a faultless impression. The sheet remains in near-pristine condition for its age, free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or stains.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 25 x 39 cm
• Platemark: 20.6 x 26.4 cm
• Image borderline: 20.3 x 26.1 cm

In-Plate numbering:

• Lower left corner: “6”
• Lower edge at right-of-centre: “6”

Reference:

• TIB 5.6 (40) (Walter L Strauss & Franklin Robinson [Eds.], “The Illustrated Bartsch”, 1979, vol. 5, p. 66, cat. no. 6 [40])
• Hollstein Dutch 38.III (Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer (comp.), “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450–1700”, 1978, Amsterdam, Van Gendt & Co., p. 88, cat. no. 38. III)
• British Museum: Museum No. 1882,0114.38 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1882-0114-38)
• Rijksmuseum: Object No. RP-P-H-R-94 (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200401536)

Price & Shipping:

AU$338 (approx. US$235.02 / €205.38 / £174.98), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if applicable) are the buyer’s responsibility.

This superbly rich impression captures a rare view of the town forest near The Hague—created during the Dutch Golden Age, a period renowned for its remarkable achievements in art, science, and culture. Roghman was a close friend of Rembrandt, and this etching exemplifies the masterful landscape tradition of that era. To acquire this marvellous example of Dutch Golden Age etching, please contact oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless and protected transaction.

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Claude Lorrain, “Le Bouvier”, 1636

Claude Lorrain (also known as Claude Gellée, Claude Le Lorrain, Claudio di Lorena) (1600–1682)

“Le Bouvier” (The Cowherd), 1636 — Printed from the original plate by McCreery in his 1816 edition of “200 Etchings”

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on fine cream wove paper, trimmed along and slightly within the plate mark, with loss of the inscription below the image at right (“Claudius in. et f. Romae 1636 138 ne ficcen”). The sheet has been professionally conserved with a washi paper support sheet.

The impression is richly inked, crisp, and evenly printed. The sheet is in excellent condition, free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or stains.

Artistic & Technical Insights:

Lino Mannocci (1988) discusses this etching and raises several interesting points: 

“Arthur Hind (1923, p. 163, note I) erroneously linked Seymour Haden's remarks about La Danse Villageoise with this plate and suggested that ‘Claude may in places have roughened the plate with a pumice stone and scraped out the lines of light’. H. D. Russell (1982, p. 357, note 6) corrects this error and suggests that ‘some form of roulette instrument would more likely have been used’” (p. 141).

Mannocci further proposes: 

“The suggestion that ‘Claude is likely to have proceeded in the manner of modern etchers: by laying a transparent ground on the plate with a roller’ is probably correct. ‘Only the very finest lines would have been closed by this procedure, the others remaining open to the acid’” (op. cit).

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 12.7 x 19.8 cm

References:

• Blum 18; Mannocci 18; Robert-Dumesnil 8; IFF 18; Russell 27
• Rijksmuseum: Object No. RP-P-OB-5681 (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200130489)
• British Museum: Museum No. 1868,0822.901 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0822-901)

Price & Shipping:

AU$384 (approx. US$266.46 / €232.92 / £198.53), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if applicable) are the buyer’s responsibility.

To acquire this rare etching—a superbly rich impression taken from the original plate by McCreery in 1816—this work exemplifies Claude Lorrain’s innovative approach to capturing the fleeting, ephemeral qualities of nature. To arrange purchase, please contact oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless and protected transaction.

Eugène Pirodon, “Soleil Couchant”, 1873, after Jules Dupré

Eugène Pirodon (also known as Eugène Louis Pirodon) (1824–1917)

“Soleil Couchant” (Sunset), 1873

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on buff-coloured laid paper with wide margins. This etching is based on a painting by Jules Dupré (also known as Jules Louis Dupré) (1811–1889) and was printed in Paris by François Liénard (active circa 1860s–1880s). 

The original canvas was once part of the renowned 1840s Parisian collection of Daniel Wilson, before being acquired by the legendary dealer Paul Durand-Ruel in March 1873. It was later purchased by the prominent European collector John Waterloo Wilson, who commissioned Eugène Pirodon to create this etching specifically to record the masterpiece for his landmark 1873 collection catalogue: “Collection de M. John W. Wilson: Exposée dans la Galerie du Cercle Artistique et Littéraire de Bruxelles,” published in 1873.

The impression is richly inked, with strong contrasts and evenly printed—a nearly faultless impression. The sheet is in near-pristine condition, free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or handling marks.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 26.2 x 34 cm
• Platemark: 21.5 x 27.6 cm
• Image borderline: 14.6 x 24.2 cm

In-Plate Lettering below the image:

• Left: “Jules Dupré, pinx.”
• Centre: “SOLEIL COUCHANT. / F^çois Liénard, Imp. Paris.”
• Right: “Eug. Pirodon, sc.”

Reference:

• British Museum: Museum No. 1877,1013.1806 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-1013-1806)
• Exhibition Catalogue: “Collection de M. John W. Wilson: Exposée dans la Galerie du Cercle Artistique et Littéraire de Bruxelles,” Paris, 1873, p. 149
• Scholarly Article: Andrew Watson, “An Englishman in Paris: John Waterloo Wilson’s Remarkable Collection of French Nineteenth-Century Art,” Cahiers Bruxellois, 2016, Note 19 (https://shs.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-bruxellois-2016-1-page-83?lang=fr)

Price & Shipping:

AU$236 (approximately US$163.85 / €143.5 / £122.70), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this poetically storm-threatened sunset scene in marshland, featuring a lone fisherman, please contact oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.