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[The Dancing Nymphs.]
P: V.p [sic] Werff pinx.t An.o 1717. Edv.s Fisher sculp.t Londini, 1777.
[London: E. Fisher, c.1777.]
Mezzotint, third state printed without the additional separate inscription plate(?), scarce; 430 x 320mm. 17 x 12½". Damaged; laid on conservation tissue.
Two semi-naked nymphs dancing hand-in-hand, accompanied by a naked youth playing a flute, who sits on a rock in the right foreground, back to the viewer. In a sunlit garden with a herm behind to right. After date after engraver's name altered, and lacking separate inscription plate and title. After a painting by Pieter van der Werff (Dutch, 1665 - 1722) in Dulwich Picture Gallery. See BM 2010,7081.3394.
[Ref: 27498] £330.00
[The Dancing Nymphs.]
P: V.p Werff pinx.t An.o 1717. Edv.s Fisher sculp.t Londini, 1776.
Publish'd Jan.y 13,,th 1777, & Sold by E,, Fisher, at the Golden Head, the South Side of Leicester Fields.
Fine mezzotint. 440 x 320mm (16½ x 12¼"), with large margins.
Two semi-naked nymphs dancing hand-in-hand, accompanied by a naked youth playing a flute. To the right is a herm. After a painting by Pieter van der Werff (1665-1722), now in Dulwich Picture Gallery. An example of the first state; for the second the publication line was erased, to be replaced by a separate inscription plate.
[Ref: 62705] £480.00
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