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Delft Butter and Leiden Cheese, Dutch Costume Print, Maaskamp, circa 1820
€540
$605 · £460
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- circa 1811 to 1829
- Technique
- Copper Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Wide margins with light, even age toning; a few small spots in the margins; light handling wear to the corners. Please see the images.
- Wardrobe
- Folk finery
- Era
- 1790 to 1840, Empire and Romantic
- Stock no.
- BG-05918-23
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This is an original antique copper engraving with hand coloring, plate No. 22 of Maaskamp's series on Dutch dress and customs, captioned in Dutch "Vruchten die wy tweemaal 's daags inoogsten: Delftsche boter en Leydsche kaas." A young farmer and a dairywoman talk over their produce. He leans on a staff in a black hat, a red and white checked neckerchief, a blue jacket over a black waistcoat with silver buttons and clasps, brown breeches, blue and white striped stockings and buckled shoes. She sits on a cask in a broad straw hat edged with blue over a lace cap with gold ornaments, a coral necklace with a gold cross, a red printed jacket with checked cuffs, a white apron and a green skirt, and pushes a butter tester into an open cask of butter. The casks are marked with crossed keys, and round red rinded cheeses are stacked at left.
The Dutch caption translates as "Fruits that we harvest twice a day: Delft butter and Leiden cheese." The French caption reads "Voici les fruits que nous récoltons deux fois par jour: beurre de Delft et fromage de Leiden.", that is, "Here are the fruits we harvest twice a day: Delft butter and Leiden cheese." Below the image the credits read "W. van Senus sculp." at lower left and "L. Springer ad viv. del." at lower right, naming L. Springer as the draughtsman working from life and W. van Senus as the engraver. The imprint reads "Amsterdam, by E. Maaskamp, Nieuwendyk by den Dam No. 251." and carries no year, so the sheet itself cannot be dated precisely.
The plate belongs to Afbeeldingen van de Kleedingen, Zeden en Gewoonten in de Noordelijke Provinciën van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden, the survey of dress, manners and customs in the northern Netherlands published in Amsterdam by Evert Maaskamp, with a parallel French text. Each plate pairs its figures with a short exchange in Dutch, sometimes in regional dialect, and in French, so the costume studies also read as small genre scenes.
Condition: Wide margins with light, even age toning; a few small spots in the margins; light handling wear to the corners.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
