Artist: Jan Baptist Bonnecroy (Flemish, 1618 – after 1676).
Title: Landscape with a shepherd (The Prodigal Son).
Inscription: J. Bonnecroy fec. exc. in plate l.r.
Dimensions: Sheet 4 3/8" x 6 1/2". Backing sheet 10 1/8" x 14 1/8".
Publisher: John McCreery, English publisher and printer (1768-1832).
Edition: A Collection of Original Etchings. Published by McCreery. London, 1816. The original copper plates were believed to have been destroyed after this publication.
Date: 1816 (published).
Materials and Techniques: etchings on a thin, lightweight wove paper printed without margins. Mounted on the same paper as other McCreery prints and presumably taken from the same volume because of the same three sides’ gilded edges and matching size.
Mat and Frame: adhered to the backing paper.
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: Scattered spotting. Lost corner of the backing sheet. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum Sheepshanks.2846.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVII C. British School XIX C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.