Research
Oil on glass in original molded pearwood frame.
The present artwork is an example of the reverse glass painting being produced in 18th century Augsburg, which ranked “among the most important centres for the commercial arts” and was “the best-known and most prolific center in Europe for reverse painting.”
The scene of the present painting, Riverbank with fishermen hauling in nets watched by a lady seated on a horse; at left a thirsty traveler drinks from a jug on the roadway, is copied from a print by Johannes Visscher after a drawing by Nicolaes Berchem, a Dutch painter known for his series of shepherds.
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