Richard Earlom After Jan Van Huysum, Still Life with Flowers - Antique Aquatint

Name: Richard Earlom After Jan Van Huysum, Still Life with Flowers - Antique Aquatint
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1075750
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Brave Fine Art

Description

This beautiful early 20th-century aquatint is after an 18th-century engraving by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) of a work by the Dutch master, Jan Van Huysum (1682-1749).

In the late 18th century, Richard Earlom was commissioned as part of a printmaking project to reproduce Sir Robert Walpole’s extensive painting collection at The Houghton Gallery. The project was initiated when it became evident that the collection would need to be sold - eventually to Catherine of Russia in 1778. Earlom was particularly admired for his work involving florals and the resulting mezzotint engraving was rendered exquisitely.

This later aquatint was produced by the Berlin publishers Grauert & Zink.

Framed and glazed.

Medium: Aquatint in colours on paper

Overall size: 21½” x 27½” / 55cm x 70cm

Year of creation: c. 1915

Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.

Condition: Assessed and approved by our conservator. Artwork presents well. Frame with light marks and signs of age.

Our reference: BRV1728

Physical Dimensions

Height

70cm (27.56")

Width

55cm (21.65")

Depth

3cm (1.18")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1075750

Description

This beautiful early 20th-century aquatint is after an 18th-century engraving by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) of a work by the Dutch master, Jan Van Huysum (1682-1749).

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In the late 18th century, Richard Earlom was commissioned as part of a printmaking project to reproduce Sir Robert Walpole’s extensive painting collection at The Houghton Gallery.

Brave Fine Art

The project was initiated when it became evident that the collection would need to be sold - eventually to Catherine of Russia in 1778. Earlom was particularly admired for his work involving florals and the resulting mezzotint engraving was rendered exquisitely.