Arcadian Landscape

c. 1612-1615

Dutch 17th Century, after Esaias van de Velde or Jan van de Velde II, formerly after Hendrick Goltzius

Associated Names
Dutch 17th Century

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Esaias van de Velde I

Artist After, Dutch, 1587 - 1630

Jan van de Velde II

Artist After, Dutch, 1593 - 1641

The image features a detailed black and white illustration of a landscape seen from above. The horizon is low, emphasizing the sky filled with clouds and surrounded by vegetation. In the foreground, there is a shepherd with a staff watching over a flock of sheep. The terrain is rocky with steep cliffs and different elevations. A small structure is visible to the left. The illustration showcases intricate linework capturing textures using black and gray shades against a white background. A path leads towards a cluster of buildings or a village in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18 × 24.7 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 19.1 × 25.4 cm (7 1/2 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.70

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. R51, State ii/iii(b)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 104.

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

1981

  • Ackley, Clifford S. Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt. Exh. cat. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1981:, pp.50-53, 27 + 28.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2012: no. R51, ii/iii(b); attribution to Goltzius rejected; attributed instead to design by Esaias van de Velde or Jan van de Velde II

Wikidata ID

Q65072993

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