Eight Bohemian Landscapes: Landscape with Log Bridge over Cataract
Aegidius Sadeler (Flemish, c. 1570–1629)
c. 1610–15
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Wixom for the fiftieth anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland
Accession Number
1970.352
Tags
male
About this artwork
The dramatic forest interior, ornamental foliage, and diminutive figures in this engraving are all hallmarks of the imaginary landscape tradition brought by Flemish immigrants to the northern Netherlands at the turn of the 17th-century. Pieter Stevens (about 1567-after 1624), the designer of the print, worked in Antwerp until 1594, when he was named court painter to Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. While in Rudolf's employ, Aegidius Sadeler engraved a number of his drawings, such as this work. Enorm...