Family Resting
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.6 × 16.6 cm (5 3/8 × 6 9/16 in.); Sheet: 13.9 × 16.9 cm (5 1/2 × 6 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109089
Art Historical Context
**Family Resting** by Anthonie Waterloo (. 1609–1690) is a delicate etching on paper, a tranquil pastoral scene typical of the Dutch Golden Age. This undated work, measuring just 13.6 × 16.6 cm, invites viewers into a quiet moment of respite amid nature, where a family pauses in a lush landscape—likely evoking the countryside travels Waterloo so admired. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's and Drawings department, it the intimate scale of etchings, designed for close contemplation by collectors. Waterloo, a master etcher influenced by Rembrandt and the van Ruisdael family, specialized in...
About the Artist
Anthonie Waterloo · 1609–1690
Anthonie Waterloo (1609–1690) was a prominent Dutch Golden Age landscape artist, born on May 6 in Lille, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. Little is known of his early life beyond his mother, Magdalena Vaillant, who joined Amsterdam's Walloon Church in 1621, with Waterloo following in 1630; no records exist of formal training, and he was likely self-taught. Registered as a painter in Amsterdam...