Herman van Swanevelt. The large waterfall, Etching. 1620-1655.
Herman van Swanevelt. The large waterfall, Etching. 1620-1655.
Herman van Swanevelt. The large waterfall, Etching. 1620-1655.
Herman van Swanevelt. The large waterfall, Etching. 1620-1655.
Herman van Swanevelt. The large waterfall, Etching. 1620-1655.
Herman van Swanevelt. The large waterfall, Etching. 1620-1655.
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Artist:  Herman van Swanevelt (1603 – 1655) was a Dutch painter and etcher from the Baroque era. 
Title The large waterfall.
Signed and inscribed in plateHerman van Swanevelt Inventor fecit [...] cum privilegio Regis.
Dimensions: Image 11 5/8" x 9 1/4". Sheet 13 3/4" x 11 1/4".
Publisher: - Presumably, the same publisher as for the group of Swanevelts from our collection. Our assumption is based on the fact that all engravings are printed on the same paper.
Date1620-1655.
Materials and Techniques: etching on wove paper.
Watermark: "voyage en autriche". C. 1808. The same paper was used in 1808 -1 814 for publishing: Laborde, Alexandre Louis Joseph de. Description des nouveaux jardins de la France. Paris 1808-1814. (Robin Halvas Ltd. Catalog III. London, 1995).
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: Dents and tears to margins, soiling, little foxing. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur... Vol II. p. 318. No. 114.
Part of  Series: Four upright landscapes.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum Sheepshanks.2303.
The Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-60.943.

Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same items from the collections of the British Museum and the Rijksmuseum.
This is a late impression on wove paper with a watermark.