Landschap met houten brug
1733 - 1797
Medium
etching
Dimensions
198; 76
About this artwork
Prent voor het eerst gebruikt in: Recueil de Quatre-Vingt-Cinq estampes originales, têtes, paysages et différens sujets, dessinées et gravées par Rembrandt. Parijs: Henry Louis Basan, 1819.
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, titledLandschap met houten brug* (Landscape with Wooden Bridge), was created by the French printmaker Pierre François Basan (1733–1797). Measuring just 76 by 198 millimeters, the work reproduces a landscape originally designed and etched by Rembrandt. Basan specialized in reproductive prints that made celebrated Old Master compositions available to new audiences, and this impression first appeared in the 1819 Paris publication *Recueil de Quatre-Vingt-Cinq estampes originales*, issued by his relative Henry Louis Basan. The medium of etching allowed Basan to capture Remb...