Rocky Landscape

c. 1638

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Schelte Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1586 - 1659

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The artwork is a detailed scene with a variety of elements across the landscape. The horizon features rolling hills and a distant mountain. The sky has swirling patterns, possibly suggesting clouds and a full moon. The composition has intricate brushstrokes or etching lines, creating texture. The color palette is black and white. Closest to us, a cart with oxen and human figures travels on a rugged path. Figures and vegetation are highly detailed. The landscape extends into the distance with more trees and terrain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.2 x 45 cm (13 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.30.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 309, State ii/v

  • Series Title

    Small Landscapes

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C. J. Kollmann (Lugt 1585). (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Ornatissimo Viro CORNELLO DEWAEL...MARTINVS VANDEN ENDEN D.C.Q.; lower left in plate: Petrus P. Rubbens pinxit / S. à Bolswert sculpsit; lower right in plate: Martinus vanden Enden excudit / Antwerpiae cum privilegio

Wikidata ID

Q76357384

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