Steel engraving ‘The Game Dealer’ – W. French after Pieter Aertsen, c. 1850–1860

‘The Game Dealer’ – steel engraving after Pieter Aertsen

A detailed steel engraving of a poulterer sitting at the market with a basket full of fowl, next to an older woman with a live chicken and eggs, and two elegant ladies in the background. The image is after a painting by the 16th-century Amsterdam master Pieter Aertsen (‘P. Aertszen’), engraved by W. French, with ‘Belvedere’ at upper left and the bilingual title ‘Der Geflügelhändler – The Game Dealer’. The sheet comes from a series after paintings in the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, published by A.H. Payne, c. 1850–1860. Set in a mount.

Why we chose this piece

A small but very finely engraved sheet with a Dutch subject. The faces and the wickerwork of the basket are almost photographic.

Style and interior

Suits a classic or Dutch interior; lovely in a kitchen, dining room or in a wall of Old Master prints.

Dimensions: sight size 14.5 × 13.7 cm; with mount 28 × 30 cm
Engraver: W. French
After: Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575)
Publication: Belvedere Gallery series, A.H. Payne
Technique: steel engraving, in mount
Period: c. 1850–1860
Condition: Fair to good. The print is lightly toned with foxing spots in the margin around the image (photo 2); the mount has a few spots. The image itself is good.

Price:
€ 35

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