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Six Landscapes:  Path Between Swamp and Wooded Bank

Six Landscapes: Path Between Swamp and Wooded Bank

c. 1595
(Dutch, 1566–1603)
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein XXIII.207.13
Location: not on view

Description

One of a series of six wooded landscapes, this print characterizes some of the most significant developments in 17th-century Dutch landscape and provides a striking contrast to the dramatic forest interiors of other Flemish immigrant artists. As etching superseded engraving in landscape prints, original compositions designed by printmakers replaced reproductions of works by contemporary painters. Savery's etching also anticipates the rise of Dutch realism, with more accurate representations of the native landscape. The broken contours of the trees describe a sun-drenched afternoon as soldiers, identified by their distinctive hats and armored chest plates, journey along a path through the rolling countryside.
  • W. Sharp, Manchester, mid 19th Century
    W. Sharp, Manchester, mid 19th Century
  • Watkins, Catherine Bailey. Rembrandt's 1654 Life of Christ Prints: Experimentation, Tradition, and the Question of Series. 2011. Reproduced: P. 199, fig. 53
  • CMA, 1996: "Landscape in Detail," September 10-Novemer 3, 1996, no catalogue
    Landscape in Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 3, 1996).
    Northern Landscape Traditions: 16th and 17th Century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10-December 31, 1989).
    The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).
  • {{cite web|title=Six Landscapes: Path Between Swamp and Wooded Bank|url=false|author=Jacob Savery I|year=c. 1595|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.153