Landscape with a Fisherman

Jean Bechon de Rochebrune (French, active mid-17th century)

Jean Couvay (French, about 1605–about 1663)

mid 17th century

Medium/TechniqueEtching

DimensionsSheet: 11.4 x 19.3 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)(trimmed on the platemark or with thread margins)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP4839

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Description

Robert-Dumesnil describes one state of this print, with the inscription "I. Bechon de Rochebrune in fe. et ex. cum privilegio". This is the inscription that appears on P4840. Meyer describes two states of the print, the first before any inscription, and the second with the inscription described by Robert-Dumesnil. This impression of the print, P4839, has the inscription "I. Bechon. in. et fe. / I. Couvay. ex. Cum. privilegio."

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897