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Herman van Swanevelt Art

Dutch, 1600-1654
Herman van Swanevelt or Herman Swanevelt, born in Woerden in 1603 and died in Paris in 1655, was a Dutch painter and engraver. He mainly painted landscapes. His training is very little known. He worked in several places outside Holland, in Spain, Paris and Italy. His first known painting dates from 1630. In 1629, he went to Rome and painted many landscapes, in which he took a particular interest in the treatment of light. His reputation extended to the powerful Barberini family, who commissioned paintings from him, as did the Vatican. He painted landscapes for Philip IV of Spain in Madrid. In 1644 he was appointed "ordinary painter to the king" at the court of France. From 1650 until his death, he lived most often in Paris. That same year, he obtained a royal privilege to publish his prints. In France, he worked on the decoration of the Hôtel Lambert, for which he executed the landscapes for the paneling of the "Gallery of Love" (visible today at the Louvre Museum). In 1653, he became a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. He was the protégé of Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIV.
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The Anglers
The Anglers

The Anglers

By Herman van Swanevelt

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on cream laid paper with a large unidentified alphabetic watermark, 6 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (165 x 251 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with handling wear a...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Herman van Swanevelt Art

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

Venus Lamenting over the Death of Adonis

Venus Lamenting over the Death of Adonis

By Herman van Swanevelt

Located in Middletown, NY

c. 1654. Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified watermark with a sundial and a many-pointed star, and an unidentified collector's stamp in the...

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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Herman van Swanevelt Art

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

The Birth of Adonis; Plate 1 from The Story of Adonis
The Birth of Adonis; Plate 1 from The Story of Adonis

The Birth of Adonis; Plate 1 from The Story of Adonis

By Herman van Swanevelt

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified heraldic watermark with a windmill, and the collector's stamp of Count F. J. von Enzenberg (1802-1879),...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Herman van Swanevelt Art

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

Venus abducting Adonis.; Plate 2 from The Story of Adonis
Venus abducting Adonis.; Plate 2 from The Story of Adonis

Venus abducting Adonis.; Plate 2 from The Story of Adonis

By Herman van Swanevelt

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an unidentified ovoid purple ink stamp (not in Lugt), 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (247 x 326 mm), thread margins. Uniform age tone with scatt...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Herman van Swanevelt Art

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

A Distribution of Bread to the Poor
A Distribution of Bread to the Poor

A Distribution of Bread to the Poor

By Herman van Swanevelt

Located in Middletown, NY

Utrecht: Herman van Swanevelt, c1650. Etching on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 10 3/4 (172 x 273 mm); sheet 7 1/4 x 11 inches (185 x 280 mm), margins. In good condition with some minor s...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Herman van Swanevelt Art

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Laid Paper, Etching

Landscape with a Cardinal
Landscape with a Cardinal

Landscape with a Cardinal

By Herman van Swanevelt

Located in Middletown, NY

Utrecht: Herman van Swanevelt, c1650. Etching on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 10 3/4 (172 x 273 mm), the full sheet, thread margins (trimmed at the platemark). In good condition with s...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Herman van Swanevelt Art

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Laid Paper, Etching

Jeux de boules - Near the City Gate
Jeux de boules - Near the City Gate

Jeux de boules - Near the City Gate

By Herman van Swanevelt

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on cream laid paper, 6 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (175 x 275 mm), thin margins. Some minor surface soiling and paper tape residue in four areas along the top sheet edge, verso, othe...

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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Herman van Swanevelt Art

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Laid Paper, Etching

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The little waterfall (Der kleine wasserfall), from Four Landscapes.

The little waterfall (Der kleine wasserfall), from Four Landscapes.

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