Description: An Italian landscape with ruins and young donkey driver and his dog by old master engraver Claude-Henri Watelet (French, Paris 1718–1786). It is a copperplate engraving printed in black ink on fine old laid paper and the subject is after a painting by Karel Dujardin (Dutch 1622-1678), catalogue reference is; LeBlanc 70. It is signed in the lower right of the plate - Watelet, but also on the wall above the boy's head as if graffiti - K. Du Jardin P., W. Sculp, and dated 1750. The print measures 9 1/2 x 10 inches, with trimmed margins, very fine condition. There is another impression of this print in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-74.673
Price: 125 USD
Location: Spring Hill, Florida
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Artist: Claude-Henri Watelet
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed: Yes
Period: Baroque/Roccoco (1600-1770)
Material: Copper Plate, Ink, Paper
Region of Origin: Europe
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Framing: Unframed
Subject: Animals, Donkey, Landscape
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1750
Style: Old Master, Old Master Print
Theme: Rural Life
Features: Signed, 1st Edition
Production Technique: Copper Engraving
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Culture: French
Time Period Produced: 1700-1749
