Cooks around a well in a courtyard.

Etching, 15,9 x 12,1 cm, laid paper, signed with monogram TW at lower margin (trimmed to platemark, some old repairs at corners, brown stain at upper corners).

A nice view in an Italian courtyard. A related drawing is now in the Rijksmuseum (inv. RP-T-1898-A-3606). Acceptable impression of the 2nd or 3rd state (of 3) with added monogram.
Ref. Bartsch IV:13. - Hollstein LV:13.2.
Joined: 1. Swidde, Willem. After Dirck Dalens - Landscape with fountain. From "Landscape" series (6 pl.). Amsterdam, Nicolaes Visscher, 1676-1688. Etching, 13,8 x 23,2 cm, laid paper, signed at lower margin "W. Swidde Sculp:" (trimmed just outside platemark with thread margin). Only recorded state. Ref. Hollstein XXIX:109.-- 2-3. Visscher, Cornelis. After Niclaes Berchem - "The peasant's wife with the baby" and "The well". Etchings, ca. 19,5 x 27 cm, thick laid paper, signed in the plate "Berchem delin. C. de Visscher f." (some parts coloured in brown ink, trimmed just outside the platemark, old ms. numbers on verso). Ref. Hollstein I:2.-- 4. De Bye, Marcus. After Marcus Gheeraerts - Bear in a landscape. Plate 8 from the set of Bears (12 pl.). Etching, 12 x 14,6 cm, laid paper with partial watermark, unsigned (trimmed to platemark, min. foxing). Ref. Hollstein IV:71.3.-- 5. De Gheyn, Jacques II - Landscape with gipsies. Plate 3 from Landscape series (6 pl.). Delft, Nicolaes de Clerck, 1606-1612. Engraving, 11,5 x 18 cm, laid paper, signed with monogram at lower right corner, with Latin text in lower margin (wide margins, some stains). Ref. Hollstein VII:289. (6 pcs)