Description:
- Colour print of skaters in Rotterdam, based on a painting by Johan Barthold Jongkind in 1868.
- The print shows several characters skating on a frozen lake in Rotterdam. In the background are several windmills, and a house in the foreground.
- The print is based on an oil painting by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891), a 19th-century Dutch painter and engraver considered one of the forerunners of Impressionism.
- The plate is glued only on the upper part to a piece of cardboard, which has a beautiful bluish line around the plate.
- The plate is raised, and has writing in Dutch about the painting and its author. In the lower area is the description of the plate, and the location of the original painting, which is a private collection in France.
- The printing is good. Colour.
Conservation and Damage:
- General condition Good.
- The edges are in good condition.
- Shows wear and tear typical of it’s age.
Comments:
- Measurements are approximate.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The sheet for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the same.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
4735 - IMPRINT SKATERS IN ROTTERDAM. JONGKIND. 1868...