1786 River Landscape with Boatmen, Annibale Carracci, 43cm engraving

Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)

Jacques Couché, engraver

River landscape with in the centre foreground two figures on a boat with boatman in the prow; beyond, to the right, a man standing up to his waist in the water and holding a fishing rod; with engraved text below. 

Example with large margins: 43 x 31 cm

Hugely impressive master engraving issued in the first series of the engravings for the Galerie du Palais Royal.

Inscription content: Lettered with production detail: 'Peint par Annibal Carache - Gravé par J. Couché' and 'M.le Niquet Sc.', title, continuing: 'De la Galerie de S. A. S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans / A. P. D. R. / Ecole de Lombardie / IIIe tableau d'Annibal Carrache'

Reference: See British Museum entry 1855,0609.335

Unusually clean without foxing.

Will be sent rolled.