Lot 142: ALLAERT VAN EVERDINGEN (1621-1675) Two Peasants seated on the Hill Plate & Sheet 97 x 150 mm. (Holl. 71) (3)

ALLAERT VAN EVERDINGEN (1621-1675)
Two Peasants seated on the Hill
etching, circa 1640-1675, on laid paper, watermark Crossbow in Circle surmounted by Trefoil (not in Briquet, Heawood or Laurentius), a very good impression, apparently an intermediate state between the first and second states (of three), before the cleaning of the plate but with the long scratch burnished out, trimmed on the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, in good condition; together with two etchings by the same hand, The large Rock at the River, fifth, final state; and The large Rock projecting from a River, second, final state, both in good condition
Plate & Sheet 97 x 150 mm. (Holl. 71)
(3)

Holl. 71:
William Thomas Bree (1786-1863), Allesley, Warwickshire (Lugt 2630); probably Sotheby's, London, 18 December 1919.
Arthur Wildau (1872-1936), Nordhausen & Leipzig (Lugt 2576); then by descent to his daughters.
With Christopher Mendez, London.
Acquired from the above on 10 July 2001.

For provenance information on the other two prints, please see the condition report or consult the department.