Willem Basse (2 results)

Etching and engraving on Japan paper, 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches, thread margins. Adhesive residue at all four corners on the verso, remnants of a former mount, otherwise in very good condition. After the 1628 etching of the same title by Dutch printmaker Willem Basse. From "A Collection of Thirty-Nine Fac-Similes of Rare Etchings by Celebrated Painters of the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Schools," by William Young Ottley, F.A.S. London, 1828.

Adriaen van Ostade (illustrator). 'A.O.S (LOWER LEFT)'A peasant man stands beside a barrel and jug while urinating, with a small building and bridge in the background. The work is etching on paper, typical of 17th-century Dutch genre scenes.Made by Willem Basse after Adriaen van Ostade.Medium: Etching on Hand-laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 10.9 x 14 cm (4.29 x 5.51 inch). Image size: 10.9 x 14 cm. (4.29 x 5.51 inch).WILLEM BASSE, ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE, PEASANT, GENRE SCENE, URINATING, DUTCH ETCHING, 17TH CENTURY | PCO-E21-05BACKGROUND INFORMATIONSource: unknown, to be determined.Biography engraver: Willem Basse (c. 1610-1687) was a Dutch artist known for his genre etchings, which often depicted everyday life in a humorous or satirical manner. He has sometimes been confused with other Dutch genre artists like Adriaen van Ostade. Condition: good, given age. Light creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.