Oeuvres de Ph.pe Wouwermans Hollandois

About this artwork

Maakt deel uit van een serie van 89 prenten te dateren tussen ca. 1733-1762, naar het geschilderde oeuvre van Philips Wouwerman. Dit betreft plaat 76.

Art Historical Context

Jean Moyreau’s etching *Oeuvres de Ph Wouwermans Hollandois* (1754) belongs to an ambitious series of 89 prints thatued the painted oeuvre of the celebrated Dutch Golden Age artist Philips Wouwerman. plate 76 in this extensive project, the work translates Wouwerman’s dynamic scenes—often featuring horses, battlefields, and hunting parties—into a reproducible format for an eighteenth-century audience. Moyreau, a skilled French printmaker, devoted nearly three decades (c. 1733–1762) to the task, ensuring that Wouwerman’s compositions reached collectors and connoisseurs far beyond the original ca...