De Wael - Spinster

SPINNING WOMEN

A rare print by the Flemisch engraver Jan Baptist der Wael II

Scene with a seated woman spinning in the centre, two women with their children at left and right, a dog at left, a man with a donkey in the background at left; second state with number; from of a series of fourteen prints showing various subjects of figures and animals
Etching

Dating ca.1647-1669.

Reference:

• TIB 0601.013 S2
• Hollstein 15.
• Weigel 1843 227.13 (under Jan Baptist de Wael I)
• Bartsch V.9.13 (under Jan Baptist de Wael I

From a series of fourteen prints.

This is a state without the number bottom right and with the inscription: De Wael fecit.

Provenance:
Collectie: Baron Isendoorn a Blois, De Cannenburgh, Vaessen,
Doublet RPK Amsterdam
Doublet Prentenkabinet Leiden

Prints by De Wael are rare.!