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159 - Hans Bol, van Doetecum brothers - River landscape with villages - 1562
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Hans Bol, van Doetecum brothers - River landscape with villages - 1562 Description: A river flows amid high rock walls, several villages on both river banks. Signed H Bol and H Cock excud 1562. From a series of twelve landscapes with village scenes close to the 'Large landscapes by Pieter Bruegel I' also engraved by the Doetecum brothers. Hans Bol (1534-1593) from Mechelen probably knew Pieter Bruegel (who was working for the art dealer Claude Dorisy in Mechelen in 1550-51) and might have introduced him to Hieronymus Cock. (See 'Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher by J. van Grieken - G. Luijten - J. van der Stock- 2013 cat no 99.) This is a first state before number, published by Hieronymus Cock in 1562 (dated on first plate of the series). The subjects show impressive 'world landscapes' but als a multitude of daily life activities who certainly appealed to the wealthy merchants and bourgeoisie who formed an emerging buyers' public at the time. Dimensions: 23,00 x 32,70 cm Condition: Excellent impression with full plate border and margins on 'Antwerp hand wit hstat' watermarked laid paper. Excellent superior condition with no flaws at all. Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (223.I) --- Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher (4.3) --- S. Hautekeete, in J. van Grieken - G. Luijten - J. van der Stock, "Hieronymus Cock: The Renaissance in Print", exh.cat. Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels and Fondation Custodia in Paris, New Haven and London, 2013, cat.no.99. Medium: Engraving, etching Date: 1562
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