Antique prints, etching | Various views of the Rhine (Rijn), published ca. 1624-1700, 4 pp.

Jan van Aken (1616-1661) after Herman Saftleven (1609-1635)

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Complete set of the Rhine landscapes after Herman Saftleven (1609-1635). Travellers on a road above a river valley; in right foreground four figures, one of them on horseback; others walking with mules along the lower path at left; in distance view of castles on the banks of a river winding through a mountainous landscape; from a series of four river landscapes after Herman Saftleven.Numbered on the top left: 1; signed below: HL inventor/ Jan van Aken fecit/ Nicolaus Visscher excudit. A traveller overlooking a river valley from a cliff at left; another climbing down towards the road following the river bank at centre; various small rowing boats on the water at right; from a series of four river landscapes after Herman Saftleven.Numbered on the top left: 2; signed below: HL inventer / I. v Aken fecit. View of a river mouth with three men loading a small rowing boat; next to a cliff in right foreground; others unloading small boats on the far shore at left; from a series of four river landscapes after Herman Saftleven.Numbered on the top left: 3; signed below: HL inventer / I. v Aken fec. Travellers resting on the side of a road leading along a river bank; in foreground, one of them tying his shoelaces, another resting on a staff; in left background a town on the foot of a mountain; from a series of four river landscapes after Herman Saftleven.Numbered on the top left: 4; signed below: HL inventer / I. v Aken fecit. [hardly visible]Dating between 1624 - 1661.[NL] Rivierlandschapen met reizingers. Gezichten op de Rijn. [1] Etching on paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 216 x 276 mm; state V (or VI)/6; nice impression, some restoration on the margins on the verso; in good condition. Hollstein 18. [2] Etching on paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 211 x 273 mm; state II/6; nicely contrasted impression, possibly restored, watermark visible; in very good condition. Hollstein 19. [3] Etching on paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 220 x 279 mm; state II/6; nicely contrasted impression, remargined, some restoration; in good condition. Hollstein 20. [4] Etching on paper, trimmed within plate mark; total: 212 x 274 mm; state II/6; nicely contrasted impression, possibly restored; in very good condition. Hollstein 21.

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• Title: Antique prints, etching | Various views of the Rhine (Rijn), published ca. 1624-1700, 4 pp.
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  • Topography & Travel
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  • fishery
  • Germany
  • fishery, Germany, Topography & Travel, Water,