| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | John Gottfried Haid after Adriaen van der Werff |
| Published | John Boydell, 1764 |
| Dimensions | Image 390 x 275 mm, Plate 431 x 277 mm, Sheet 500 x 340 mm |
| Notes |
Proof impression before title. A group of small children play music outside a house at night. They are illuminated by the candle held by the elderly woman watching them from her open door on the left. The figures are set inside a trompe-l'oeuil stone arched window. Original painting misattributed to Godfried Schalcken, now known to be after Adriaen van der Werff. Johann Gottfried Haid (1714 - 1776) was German engraver and mezzotinter. He worked in London for John Boydell and Henry Parker in the first half of the 1760s. In 1766 he returned to Vienna to found a school of mezzotint in the Academy there. His position was succeeded by Johann Jacob. Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722) was a Dutch printmaker, draughtsman, painter and architect. Pupil of Cornelis Picolet and Eglon van der Neer and brother of the painter Pieter van der Werff John Boydell (1719 - 1804) was a leading London print publisher, printer and printmaker. His international trade did much to establish British painting on a European basis. Condition: Good, rich impression. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £400.00 |
| Stock ID | 44695 |