Farmhouses on the Right of a River, from Eight Scenes from Bohemia
c. 1610
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.1 × 36.1 cm (9 1/8 × 14 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268494
Art Historical Context
**Farmhouses on the Right of River**, a captivating engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II around 1610, forms part of the series *Eight Scenes from Bohemia*. Sadeler, a master engraver from the renowned Flemish Sadeler family, worked extensively in Prague at the court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. print captures a serene rural landscape typical of early 17th-century Bohemiamodern-day Czech Republic), showcasing farmhouses nestled along a riverbank amid rolling countryside. The composition invites viewers to imagine the tranquil daily life of Bohemian villagers during a period of cultural flourish...
About the Artist
Aegidius Sadeler, II · 1570–1629
Aegidius Sadeler II was born in Antwerp around 1570 into the most distinguished printmaking dynasty of the sixteenth century. The Sadeler family — spanning Jan I, Raphael, and Aegidius I — dominated the European print trade from their Flemish base, and Aegidius II was trained by his uncle Jan Sadeler I, under whom he was listed as a pupil in the records of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1585. He...