"Engraving By Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (1586-1659) - Windmill And Bird Trap - 17th"
Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (1586-1659) - Windmill and bird trap - Landscape by Rubens Description: Landscape with windmill and bird trap; a large net has been installed attached to the branches of the trees on the right; a man sits under the net and holds a rope connected to the trap, two men seen a felled tree trunk in the central foreground, three figures relaxing in the lower right, a windmill in the left background. Engraving made by: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (1586-1659), after: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), published by: Gillis Hendricx (1640-1677 fl.). A great extract from the so-called “small landscapes”. In the text line, a two-line dedication to Michel Le Blon (Michaeli Blondi) by Gillis Hendricx: "Pet. Paul Rubens pinxit S. a Bolswert sculpsit" and "Ægidius Hendricx excudit Antuerpiæ". Dimensions: 32.50 x 46.00 cm Very good print.