Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (1586-1659) Lot n° 76

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (1586-1659) - Windmill and bird trap - Rubens landscape / Description: Landscape with windmill and bird-trap; a large net has been installed tied to the branches of trees at right; a man sits beneath the net and holds a rope connected to the trap, two men saw a felled tree trunk in central foreground, three figures relaxing in lower right, a windmill in left background .Engraving made by: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (1586-1659), after: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Published by: Gillis Hendricx (1640-1677 fl.). A large ptint from the so-called 'small landscapes'. In textline a two-line dedication to Michel Le Blon (Michaeli Blondi) by Gillis Hendricx: "Pet. Paul Rubens pinxit / S. a Bolswert sculpsit" and "Ægidius Hendricx excudit / Antuerpiæ". / Dimensions: 32,50 x 46,00 cm Very good impression.Trimmed on but mostly outside plate border with tread margins . Condition is very good. With two hinges at the top mounted on a support sheet. / Literature: Pietro Bettelini (publisher/printer; printmaker; Italian; 1763 - 1829) Engraver and publisher. Publishing in Rome in 1793; worked in Britain and France as well New Hollstein Dutch 1249-1(2) first state Engraving