Author: ANONYMOUS,
Title: Temple near a pond in the forest
Description: Etching and engraving on wove paper, sheet size ca. 210 x 165 mm., platemark 177 x 96 mm. One of the 76 etchings and engravings from 'Spiegel der natuur en School ter Teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. [...]', Amsterdam: Ed. Van Esveldt-Holtrop, [ca. 1830]. This publication contained a series of prints after various printmakers, including Silvestre, Perelle, Della Bella, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Visscher and Schenk. A man stands by a building along a reinforced path on the left. In the centre of the image a pond with two swans, with a stream leading away into the forest. To the right a temple beside a ruin. In good condition, a small dampstain in the top left of the image, minimal paper loss in the lower margin (well outside of image area), a small dark stain in the top left margin corner.

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