Artist: Gabriel Perelle (France 1603-1677).
Title: Landscape with the stream.
Signed in plate: Perelle in. et fe. N. Poilly ex.
Dimensions: Sheet 12" x 16".
Publisher: Nicolas de Poilly (France, 1627-1696).
Date: 1620-1695.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid 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: Trimmed to platemark. Spots. Remnants of glue and spots verso. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum X,9.6. Landscape with a stream or pond with reeds along the banks in the foreground, at right a clump of trees, beyond at left two figures and a flock. The British Museum doesn’t provide an image of this object, but according to the description and dimensions, our print matches No. X,9.6.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.