Artist: Allaert van Everdingen, (1621 - 1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker in etching and mezzotint.
Title: Landscape with Sheepherder.
Signed in plate: with a monogram AVE l.l. Printed in ink collector's stamp verso.
Dimensions: 4 7/8" x 6 1/8".
Date: 1631 - 1675.
Materials and Techniques: etching on paper.
Watermark: yes.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Trimmed margins, remnants of hinges verso. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-50.416.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from The Rijksmuseum collection.