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Paris, chés (sic) Basan graveur, (no date, ca. 1770). Fine large etching by Basan after Jan Dirksz Both, showing a landscape in the Italian Alps, a river meandering through the mountains, ships, a village, large trees and muleteers with their mules in front. Large oblong folio. 26,6 x 39 cm.*I.F.F. II, 121 No. 122. Le Blanc, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, 191 No. 441. Fine print from the rich collections of Pierre François Basan (Paris 1723 - Paris 1797), engraver, etcher and especially publisher of prints. Jan Dirksz Both (Utrecht 1615/18 - Utrecht 1652), was a famous Dutch painter and etcher, who stayed several years in Rome and focused on pictures of Italian landscapes after his return ca. 1642 to the Dutch Republic. - Mounted, with margins; collector's stamp on verso of 'Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin' (Lugt No. 2273).[(5800)]. Seller Inventory # 5800
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