Twee beren, twee wolven en twee vossen

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verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

**Twee beren, tweeven en twee vossen (*Two Bears, Two Wolves, and Two Foxes*), an etching by English printmaker Richard Gaywood, from between 1654 and around 1670. Measuring a modest 139 × 200 mm, this work captures pairs of fierce wild animals in a style typical of 17th-century natural history prints. Gaywood, active during the Restoration era in England, was renowned for his skillful etchings that reproduced drawings and explored themes from mythology to the animal kingdom, reflecting the era's fascination with nature amid scientific curiosity and Baroque exuberance. Etching allowed Gaywood...

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Richard Gaywood · 1620–1680

Richard Gaywood (fl. 1650–1680) was an English engraver and printmaker who became the most prolific etcher working for the London print trade during the tumultuous years between the English Civil Wars and the Restoration. A pupil of the renowned Wenceslaus Hollar, Gaywood mastered his teacher's distinctive style while developing a thriving practice creating portraits and book frontispieces for Lon...