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

Thursday, 22 May 2025

Jan Ruijscher & Anthonie Waterloo, “Village beside a Canal”, 1640–1675

Jan Ruijscher (aka Johannes Ruijscher; Johannes Rauscher; Johannes Ruischer; Johannes Ruisscher; Jan Ruyscher) (c1625–1675)—Dutch printmaker who is thought to have studied with Rembrandt in the mid-1640s and was so influenced by Hercules Segers, that he was dubbed the “Young Hercules” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG44487)—possibly in collaboration with Anthonie Waterloo (aka Anthoni Waterloo; Antoni Waterlo) (1609–1690).

“Village beside a Canal” (aka “Le Village au bord du Canal”, 1640–1675, from a series of six landscapes, published by Anthonie Waterloo (as inscribed in plate) and later published in Paris in c.1785 (1784–1786) by Pierre-François Basan (1723–1797). The British Museum offers a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-1685.

Etching on fine laid paper trimmed close to the image borderline, or possibly along the platemark, and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 12 x 21.1 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper left) “A W ex.”

State iii (of iii) with heavy cross-hatching added on the foreground hill.

TIB 0201.091 S3 (Peter Morse [ed.] 1992, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Antoni Waterloo”, vol. 2, Commentary, Part 1, New York, Abaris Books, pp. 105–107, cat. no..091 S3).

Condition: a well-printed impression trimmed close to the image borderline and laid upon a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions but with minor stains in the upper corners.

I am selling this marvellous etching of the country around Rhenen (central Netherlands)—interestingly the view may have been observed from the Cunera Tower in Rhenen (see TIB 0201.091)— for AU$232 (equivalent to approximately US$149.37, EUR 131.88, or GBP 110.99 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 levied by the destination country, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$232).

If you are interested in purchasing this rare etching, 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