Antique Master Print-GENRE-CAT-CANDLE-Versteegh-ca. 1825

Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'Om de minne van het smeer leck de kat de kandeleer.' - (For love of the taste of wax, the cat licks the candle.) A woman sowing near a candle with a cat on a table.

Condition: Fair, given age. Small margins, creasing in the lower right and top left corners (lower right slightly across the image). A crease from the right edge into the image. Margins soiled. Sheet overall a little browned from matting. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Crayon style lithograph on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 24 x 25.9 cm. The image size is ca. 24 x 25.9 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.4 x 10.2 inch. The image size is ca. 9.4 x 10.2 inch.

Part Number: 54656

Location: TPCLA-A7-39

Description: Published in Brussels by Dewasme -Pletinckx around 1825.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Michiel Versteegh'. Michiel Michiel Versteegh (Dutch; 1758-1843) worked in Dordrecht. He specialised in night pieces.