Antique Master Print-LANDSCAPE-RUIN-ROME-Van Doetecum-1562

Antique Master Print, untitled. Ruins, perhaps the Baths of Caracalla. Etching & engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: monogram PL Description: From the edition printed by Cornelis Danckerts I around 1660. Originally published in 1562. State: First state of 2. Ref: New Hollstein 247.Artists and Engravers: Made by 'The Van Doetecum Brothers' after an anonymous artist. The Van Doetecum Brothers were active in Antwerp and later in the Northern Netherlands in the second half of the 16th. Century. Joannes van Doetechum / Deutecum / Deutekum / Deutechum the elder (c.1570-1630) was a Dutch 16th. c. engraver and editor from Deventer. He is the brother and worked with the engraver Lucas van Doetechum. He is the father of the engraver and printer Baptista van Doetechum and Johannes van Deutechum the younger. Condition: Very good, given age. Small margins. Some remains of attachment on rear. Small hole at top middle. Some small stains. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: TPCLA-C19-38 The overall size is ca. 8.9 x 6.6 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 6 inch. The overall size is ca. 22.7 x 16.8 cm. The image size is ca. 21.2 x 15.3 cm.…