Original steel engraving with period hand coloring, engraved by W. J. Pyne after a painting by Van Mieris: a landlady serves a jug of beer to a customer leaning on the counter carved with putti, under the vine arbor. Published in London by George Virtue.
Original steel engraving with period hand coloring, engraved by W. J. Pyne after a painting by Van Mieris: a landlady serves a jug of beer to a customer leaning on the counter carved with putti, under the vine arbor. Published in London by George Virtue.
It comes from Allan Cunningham's The Cabinet Gallery of Pictures (London, 1833-1836), an anthology of seventy-two engravings after the masters of the English and foreign schools.
Medium: Hand-colored steel engraving.
Artist / after: After Willem van Mieris (1662-1747).
Engraver: W. J. Pyne.
Date: c. 1834.
Source: The Cabinet Gallery of Pictures, by Allan Cunningham; London, George Virtue.
Dimensions: 8.1 x 10.9 in (20.6 x 27.6 cm).
Condition: Good condition; foxing in the white margins, the image clean.