Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Monday, 5 May 2025

Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn, “Landscape with a Shepherd and his Cows”, 1744

Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn (1712–1780)

“Landscape with a Shepherd and his Cows” (aka “Two Cows beside a Tree”), 1744, plate 27 from the series, “Landscapes and Heads”. A lifetime impression (based on the quality of the line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate), dated and signed in the plate with the artist’s monogram), formerly in the collection of the French collector, F. A. Maglin (fl.1891–1905; Lugt 1777; see https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/1051V7 & https://www.nga.gov/collection/provenance-info.52810.html), with his name inscribed in ink verso and with the date, “1902”.

Etching on laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 13.9 x 17.8 cm; (plate) 8.9 x 11.9 cm; (image borderline) 7 x 10.6 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “No 27.. ad viv. del. & inc.. m. Sept. 1744;”; (right) artist’s monogram.

LeBlanc 41(?) (Charles Le Blanc 1854, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels, vol. 2, p. 331, no. 41? [nos. 38-49. Paysages. 1744]).

The Rijksmuseum and The National Gallery of Art offer descriptions of this print: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200200269; https://www.nga.gov/artworks/210717-two-cows-beside-tree. See also another print by Von Hagedorn that I have previously listed: http://www.printsandprinciples.com/2021/02/christian-ludwig-von-hagedorns-etching.html.

Condition: a well-printed impression with wide margins. The sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or losses. The verso has an ink inscription identifying a known former collector and date (“F A Maglin 1902” [Lugt 1777]).

I am selling this small etching for AU$248 (equivalent to approximately US$160.65, EUR 141.74, or GBP 120.85 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes, if any, levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$248).

If you are interested in purchasing this lightly executed study made from direct observation—as expressed by the inscribed Latin term at lower left, “ad viv[ium]”—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold