Anthonie Waterloo (aka Anthoni Waterloo; Antoni Waterlo) (1609–1690)
“Landscape with Alpheus and
Arethusa” (TIB title) (aka “Alphée et Arethusa”), c1647 (1630–1663 [Rijksmuseum]),
plate 1 from the series, “Six Upright Landscapes with Scenes from Ovid's
Metamorphoses,” published in Paris by Pierre François Basan (1723–1797).
Etching on laid paper trimmed with a thread margin
around the image borderline.
Size: (sheet) 29.2 x 24.2 cm; (image borderline)
29 x 24 cm.
Inscribed on the plate at upper left corner:
"1 Antoni Waterlo in. et f.”
State iii (of iii) with the addition of slight “diagonal
(\\) and horizontal shading in the lower right corner, filling the corner with cross-hatching”
(Morse [1992], p. 154).
TIB 2 (2).125 (128) S3 (Peter Morse [ed.] 1992, “The
Illustrated Bartsch: Antoni Waterloo”, vol. 2, Commentary, Part 1, New York,
Abaris Books, p.154); Hollstein Dutch 125-3 (3) (Christiaan Schuckman 1997, “Dutch
and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450–1700: Antoni Waterloo,” vol.
50, Rotterdam, Sound and Vision, p. 291, cat. no. 125).
The British Museum offers the following
description of this print:
“Plate 1: Alpheus and Arethusa; a nude female
figure on the wooded bank of a river, fleeing to right as she is pursued by the
male figure in the water at left; from a series of six plates” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_F-3-7).
See also the description offered by the
Rijksmuseum:
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1936-611.
Condition: a superb, richly inked and
well-printed impression trimmed close to the image borderline in excellent/museum
quality condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains,
foxing or significant signs of handling).
I am selling this marvellous impression of a large
etching by Waterloo—one of the well-known masters from the 17th century—for the
total cost of AU$548 (currently US$394.74/EUR334.03/GBP300.36 at the time of
this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.
If you are interested in purchasing this large and
very beautiful etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and
I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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