Author: Marcus, Jacob Ernst (1774-1826)
Title: [Antique etching/ets] Study print: a seated woman, another asleep and the portrait of the engraver D. Vrijdag. [Etudes gravées de Jacob Ernst Marcus]/Zittende vrouw, slapende vrouw en portret van graveur D. Vrijdag.
Description: Plate from the set of 105 etchings designed by Jacob Ernst Marcus and published monthly between November 1807 and July 1816. The plates consist in portraits and/or genre scenes. The prints that are signed and dated are later states. In 1834 the whole series was reprinted.Study print with a seated woman with a basket, opposite a woman asleep against a wall and in the middle the portrait of Daniël Vrijdag (1765-1822), after a design by Hendrik Willem Caspari (1770-1829). Signed in stipple engraving on the bottom right: J.E. Marcus f. December 1812 and under Vrijdag's portrait: H.W. Caspari ad viv. del.. Number 62 from the set. On verso, collector's mark: Collectie/Gustav Leo Jaller [not in Lugt]. Etching on paper with margins. Plate mark: 145 x 220 mm, total: 289 x 373 mm; some soiling on external margins, otherwise in good condition. Jacob Ernst Marcus Graveur en Tekenaar, 1972, nr. 67, p. 22.

Keywords: Artist portraits|Farm|Farmers|Fashion|Male|Portraits|Women