313 - Hendrik Goltzius, Simon Frisius - Mountainous coastal landscape - 1

Hendrik Goltzius, Simon Frisius - Mountainous coastal landscape - 1 Description: This is the first of a pair of etchings by Frisius showing after a drawing by Goltzius in Goltzius genius style also used in his Chiaroscuro prints, with curved swelling lines as if the undulating landscape is in motions. A highlight in landscape art. Subject: Mountainous landscape with a peasant encountering a resting maid in foreground; second state with plate number above margin. This etching was made by Simon Frisius (1580-1628) in 1608. Dimensions: 12,20 x 20,39 cm Condition: A superb impression on early shield watermarked laid paper. Evenly printed in deep blacks with good contrasts and no wear to the plate at all. The print is trimmed just outside the borderline, narrow top left corner with omission of text line. Literature: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (152.II) ----- Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (106) ----- Literature: Nadine M. Orenstein (ed.), 'Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints', exhibition catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Arts New York and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, fig.66. Medium: Etching Date: 1608