THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
A World Of Interpretations
A World Of Interpretations
- Gandini, Madonna and Child
- de Bry, Eleazar and Rebecca
- de Bry, The Venetian Ball
- Jamnitzer, Three Genii
- Saenredam, Paris and Oenone
- Muller, Johann Neyen
- Major, View of a River
- Elsheimer, Tobias
- van Sichem, The Musicians
- Cantagallina , Ship of Amerigo
- Ribera, The Poet
- Callot, Cap. Spessa Monti
- Callot, Vue du Pont Neuf
- van de Velde, Aer
- Schut, Martyrdom of St. George
- after van Dyck, Lucas van Uden
- Lorrain, Les Quatre Chèvres
- Franck, Soldiers Drinking
- Bosse, The Prodigal Son
- Mauperché, La Bergère Assise
- van Scheyndel, Peasant Woman
- Pérelle, Evening Landscape
- van den Steen, Saint Pepin
- Janssen, The Four Elements
- Matham, Phyllis
- Grimaldi, Landscape
- Grimaldi, Three Boats
- Rembrandt, Jan Cornelis Sylvius
- Rembrandt, The Flight into Egypt
- Rembrandt, Lieven van Coppenol
- Lievens, Jacques Gaultier
- Hollar, Caricature Head
- Attributed to Jan Fyt , Pigeons
- Della Bella, Le Reposoir du Saint Sacrement
- Della Bella, A Pikeman Standing
- van Ostade, Man and Woman
- van Ostade, The Singers
- Dubois, Extensive Landscape
- Carpioni, Madonna
- Chauveau, Timbalier et Trompette Turcs
- Faithorne, Thomas Mace
- Castiglione, The Nativity
- Master CpP, Apollo Flaying
- Stoop, Bridled Horse
- Berchem, The Rest
- Courtois, A Cavalry Battle
- Nanteuil, Godefroy-Maurice de la Tour d’Auvergne
- Nanteuil, Pierre Séguier
- van der Ulft, Aqueduct
- van der Ulft, Villa on a Hill
- Visscher, The Gypsy Woman
- Bega, The Family
- van Heemskerck, Peasants
- Thuenkel, Floral Ornaments
- van Somer, The Drinker Asleep
- Anonymous English, Faiths
- Meyer, Landscape with Trees
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55. Jan van Somer (1645-1699) after Adriaen Brouwer (1605/6-1638) The Drinker Asleep |
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The Drinker Asleep
Mezzotint, 1672, Wurzbach 99, 239 x 171 mm. Fine impression on laid paper with margins of at least 20 mm. all around; a repaired tear in the bottom margin, stopping short of the platemark; slight white stains or scuff marks near the top of the plate. The drinker sits on a short stool, leaning against a larger case, a large glass upright in his left hand, and fast asleep. Mezzotint, a technique that reached its apogee of fame in the eighteenth century, was invented in the seventeenth. This is a superb example.