Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, View of Zandvliet near Antwerp

English

Etching on paper made (and published) by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707 - 1783) after (...?) Aert van der Neer (1604 - 1677).

View of Zandvliet near Antwerp; people playing hockey and ice-skating on a frozen canal, a sloop in foreground, two windmills at left; coat of arms in lower margin; after Aert van der Neer (...?)

Inscription Content: Lettered with title, production details, one-line dedication and two columns with three lines of French verses each: "Vandrever pinx." and "Jac. Ph. le Bas sculp." and "Dédié à Monsieur Norregs Bertie" and "Beau pays ... / ... tes divers plaisirs. / Par M. Moraine" and "AParis chez Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy rue de la Harpe".

Etching with some engraving. 385 x 444 mm

British Museum (AN810995001)

Source: Saar Nijs