Herman van Swanevelt
The Mule Driver
1628-1640
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Herman van Swanevelt
The Mule Driver
1628-1640
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 320 x 247 mm. (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Plate: 313 x 242 mm. (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Dr. and Mrs. William W. Magruder Fund
Object Number
1986.184.1
One from a series of four landscapes. For the complete series, see BMA 1986.184.1-4. A 3rd state impression of "The Large Cascade" is held in the Garrett Collection (1946.112.4796).
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Herman van Suanevelt Inventor fecit et excudit"; below image, lower right, in plate "cum privilegio Regis". Verso: center in graphite "112"; center right in graphite "Before additional work at left / + on distant mountains / + with Swanevelt excudit"; lower left in graphite "H. 99iii (of vi) / PM"; lower center in graphite "112"; lower right in graphite circle with "142"
Markings: CM: none
