While Bleker showed a predilection for scenes with livestock, Clifford Ackley points out that this print, like certain others in his oeuvre of fourteen plates, may contain an allusion to a biblical story. It is possible that the small figures in the background can be interpreted as Jacob and Rachel at the well. The artist's dense hatching makes the foreground highly three-dimensional.
BLEKER, Gerrit Claesz. (ca. 1593–1656)
A Cowherd playing his Horn
- Medium
- Etching
- Catalogue reference
- Hollstein 6, first state of two before the address of Kralinge; Ackley (Prints in the Age of Rembrandt) 78
- Provenance
- Rudolf Peltzer, 1825-1910 (Lugt 2231)
- Condition
- A fine impression trimmed on the platemark all round. In excellent condition.
- Size
- 145 × 215mm
- Additional notes
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While Bleker showed a predilection for scenes with livestock, Clifford Ackley points out that this print, like certain others in his oeuvre of fourteen plates, may contain an allusion to a biblical story. It is possible that the small figures in the background can be interpreted as Jacob and Rachel at the well. The artist's dense hatching makes the foreground highly three-dimensional.
- Price
- $5,000 USD