Large Antique Engraving of a Pastoral Scene with Cows and Sheep, c.1770

Title: Pastoral Scene with Cattle and Figures Engraved by Johann Jakob Kleinschmidt (1687–1772) Designer: Initials "A.V." (specific identity unknown) Date: Circa 1720–1750 Medium: E...

Antique print titled 'L'Abreuvoir Champêtre (..)'. View of shepherds with cattle at a brook in a mountain landscape. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by P. Martenasi after N. Berch...

Antique print of a landscape with cattle. Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'L...

Antique print of a landscape with cattle. Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'L...

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

Fine soft ground etching printed in a orange / red ink on laid paper. A French etching in the manner of Boucher. A shepherd and shepherdess rest by water among sheep, goats a donkey ...

Franciscus de Neve (c.1632-1704) 'Landscape with Shepherdess Playing a Tambourine' and 'Echo & Narcissus' Engravings Both signed in the lower margin: 'Franciscus de Neue In. e fecit' and 'Si Stampano in Roma da Gio: Iacomo de Rossi alla Paca' Each 31.5 x 38.5cm (plate) Franciscus (or Frans) de Neve was a Flemish painter and engraver, born in Antwerp in 1632. His father, also an artist, was called by the same name, resulting in some confusion for art historians. The younger de Neve was working in Rome from 1660-1670, producing paintings for the Palazzo Doria-Pamphili (alongside Pietro da Cortona) and was known for his religious subjects, mythological scenes and landscapes. He was part of a network of Dutch and Flemish artists in the city, who helped to promote and support his career. Many of his works are known only from the engravings which in Rome were produced by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi alla Pace (including these examples). After 1670 he travelled to Augsburg and Munich, then to Austria and Moravia, where he completed numerous commissions for altarpieces. Towards the end of his life he returned to his native Flanders and became Master of the Guild of Saint Luke. De Neve had a reputation as a gifted landscape painter, and these two engravings show his keen interest in the details of the natural world, as well as the influence of Claude Lorrain in the extensive vistas. The painting of ‘Narcissus and Echo...