Landscape with a Farmhouse

probably 1592/1595

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image depicts a rural landscape with a winding path leading to a thatched-roof house surrounded by trees and shrubs. A figure walks with two animals near the house. In the distance, a village can be seen with a few structures. The sky is filled with swirling brushstrokes suggesting clouds, and birds fly overhead. The color palette is subdued with black outlines emphasizing details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut in sepia-ochre, olive and black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.5 × 14.5 cm (4 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4630

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 309, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

Bibliography

1921

  • Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 309, ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64957572

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