Beschrijving
Landscape a group of figures gathered near a herm, with a burning offering fire. A temple in the right background, and a stepped pyramid in the left background.
Etching, on handlaid paper. Sheet size 166 x 116 mm. Made by Abraham Genoels after his own design, september 1684.
Abraham Genoels (Antwerp 1640-1723 Antwerp) was a Flemish printmaker, painter and draughtsperson. He was initiated in the painter's group the Bentveughels, with the nickname Archimedes.
In very good condition, cropped to the image border, margins extended with contemporary paper. The collection mark of Friedrich August II of Saxony (Lugt 971 or 972) in the lower right corner.
References: Hollstein Dutch p. 98: 31 (only state); Bartsch p. 321: 31.
