Country Village
published in or before 1676
Medium
etching retouched with engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.28.71
Art Historical Context
**Country Village** is a captivating etching retouched with engraving by the skilled Dutch brothers Johannes van Doetech the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum, created after the anonymous Master of the Small Landscapes. Published or before 1676, this print belongs to a renowned 16th-century series that celebrated the humble charm of rural Flanders. Emerging during the Renaissance, when landscape art blossomed as an independent genre, these works drew inspiration from artists like Pieter Bruegel the Elder, capturing everyday village life with meticulous detail—from thatched cottages and winding pat...
About the Artist
Johannes van Doetechum, the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum after Master of the Small Landscapes
**Johannes van Doetechum the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum: Masters of the Small Landscapes** Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, born around 1530 in Deventer in the northern Netherlands, and his brother Lucas, active from 1554, formed one of the most prolific engraving teams of the 16th-century Netherlandish Renaissance. Hailing from a family of printmakers—Johannes was the son of Jan ter Heghe an...