The Sluice

1640-1690

Johannes Ruisscher, and Anthonie Waterloo

Associated Names
Johannes Ruisscher

Artist, Dutch, c. 1625 - after 1675

Johannes Ruisscher

Publisher, Dutch, c. 1625 - after 1675

Anthonie Waterloo

Artist After, Dutch, 1609/1610 - 1690

The image depicts a wide landscape with a rustic building on the left. The horizon is low in the composition, featuring small distant structures like windmills. The scene is rendered in a detailed, precise etching style with a stark color palette. A barren tree extends towards the sky, with small birds in the skyscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.5 x 15.5 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 11, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earl Spencer, Althorp (Lugt 1530-32). (Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 9, 2004; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 11, ii (as Ruischer); no. 20, ii (as Waterloo)

Inscriptions

in image, at top left: AW. ex.

Wikidata ID

Q76346191

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