Landscape with the Great Ruins, from The Small Landscapes
<p>Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert was best known for his reproductive engravings of the work of Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. This engraving is from a lengthy series called <em>Small Landscapes</em>, which shows humans in all-encompassing, dramatic landscapes. The human figures in this composition, who graze sheep and fetch water from the stream, interact with and blend into their surroundings.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1633
- Dimensions
- Image: 32.9 × 44.2 cm (13 × 17 7/16 in.); Plate: 34.5 × 45.2 cm (13 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 46 cm (14 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert
Artist
Printmaking
Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (Dutch, active in Flanders, c. 1586–1659)
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- Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert
- Year
- 1633
- Dimensions
- Image: 32.9 × 44.2 cm (13 × 17 7/16 in.); Plate: 34.5 × 45.2 cm (13 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 46 cm (14 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1633-019279
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- verified