A Village Road, plate 14 from "Regiunculae et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 5/16 in. (10.4 × 16 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.52.18
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, *A Village Road*, comes from a series titled *Regiunculae et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae* (“Some Small Regions and Villages of the Duchy of Brabant”), first designed by the anonymous Master of the Small Landscapes and later published by Claes Jansz. Visscher around 1610. Measuring just over four by six inches, the print invites close looking: a winding dirt road leads past timber-framed houses, while villagers and livestock animate the scene. Visscher’s crisp etching technique captures fine textures—shingled roofs, leafy trees, and the varied postures of figures—wi...
About the Artist
The Master of the Small Landscapes|Claes Jansz. Visscher|Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch|Dutch|Netherlandish) · 1586 |1586 |1500 –1652 |1652 |1600
Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam|Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam|Netherlandish, 16th century