Beschrijving
A rocky forest landscape with a pond in the foreground.
Etching on laid paper, made by Peter van Bemmel (1685-1753) and published by H.J. Ostertag (Regensburg). Sheet size 193 x 147 mm., platemark 187 x 140 mm. From a series of six similar landscapes, published in 1716.
Peter van Bemmel (Nürnberg 1685-1753 Regensburg) was a German landscape painter and etcher. He was the son of Utrecht-born landscape painter Willem Gerritsz. van Bemmel.
In good condition, top left and right margin corners browned, a small stain in the lower left margin corner.
References: LeBlanc i.265: 1-6 (i/2, state with the address of Ostertag).
