Artist: Antonie Waterloo (1609 – 1690) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman,
painter, and etcher of landscapes mainly. He published his own plates, and most of them went on to be reprinted in the XIXc. He also acquired plates from other artists and published them under his name.
Title: Plate D: Various figures resting and rambling in a wood.
Lettered at upper left: "A.W. f.". Lettered "D" at upper right.
Dimensions: 5 1/4" x 6".
Date: 1640-1690.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper pasted onto supporting sheet.
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: Bottom corners are torn off from the supporting sheet. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné: A. Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur. vol. II, p. 86, No. 80.
Part of: Series: Six landscapes.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum Sheepshanks.1672.
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 British Museum collection.