Israel Silvestre - 17th Century Etching River View

Description

Israel Silvestre - Original 17th Century Etching. Signed in plate lower right. Signed in plate. On watermarked laid. Condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and creasing to left edge.

Israel Silvestre (13 August 1621 in Nancy – 11 October 1691 in Paris), called the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was a prolific French draftsman, etcher and print dealer who specialized in topographical views and perspectives of famous buildings. Orphaned at an early age, he was taken in by his uncle in Paris, Israel Henriet, an etcher and print-seller, and friend of Jacques Callot. Between 1630 and 1650 Silvestre travelled widely in France, Spain and Italy, which he visited three times, and later worked up his sketches as etchings, which were sold singly and in series. His work, especially of Venetian subjects published in the 1660s, influenced eighteenth-century painters of vedute such as Luca Carlevaris and Canaletto, who adapted his compositions.

Size

7.5 x 17.5cm (3" x 6.9")
Sheet: 16.2 x 27.2cm (6.4" x 10.7")
Plate: 7.5 x 17.5cm (3" x 6.9")

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