Parklandschap met twee sfinxen, Isaac de Moucheron, 1677 - 1744

Title(s)

Parklandschap met twee sfinxen

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1964-3357

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 48
• Wedde, N. E48

Description

Zicht in een tuin met links en rechts op de voorgrond ornamentele fonteinen met waterspuwende sfinxen en daarachter bomen. Achter de balustrade een vijver.

Artist

• print maker: Isaac de Moucheron (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Isaac de Moucheron (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Isaac Greve (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Barent Greve (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1677 - 1744

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 251 mm × width 331 mm

What

• monsters ~ predatory animals (sphinx, 'manticora') - AA - female human figure
• French or architectonic garden; formal garden
• ornamental fountain

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1964

Copyright

Public domain

• Meer - Ossenbeeck, p. 95, cat.nr. 48
• Isaac de Moucheron (1667-1744) : his life and works with a catalogue raisonné of his drawings, watercolours, paintings and etchings, dl. 1, p. 519-520, cat.nr. E48