Author: Claes Jansz Visscher (1586/87-1652) after Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen (1577-1633)
Title: [Antique print, etching] Ruins and a cottage [AMAENIORES ALIQUOT REGIUNCULAE]/Ruines en huizen, published 1613.
Description: Eighth plate from a set of fourteen with landscapes after Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen.On the left, a ruined building and further towards the background other buildings. A river flows in the middle of the composition.Signed below, on the left with Wieringen's monogram: 'C. CW in.', and on the right: 'CJV f'.Numbered on the right: '8'.On verso collectors' marks of the Amsterdam Rijksprentkabinett [L.698 and 2228a] and of Pim van Eekelen [L.5101].On the verso bottom right corner a 'D' in pencil. Etching on paper trimmed to plate mark, total: 141 x 195 mm; only state; top left corner restored, otherwise in good condition; with fool's cap watermark. Hollstein 334, Simon 78.

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