Huizen op een beboste heuvel
1619 - 1690
Medium
brush
Dimensions
187; 144
About this artwork
hoogte 187 mm x breedte 144 mm
Art Historical Context
**Huizen op een beb heuvel** (*Houses on a Wooded Hill*) is a charming brush drawing by the Dutch artist Anthonie, who was active from around 1619 to 1690. Measuring a modest 187 mm high by 144 mm wide, this intimate work captures a serene landscape scene: houses perched amid a densely forested hill, evoking quiet beauty of rural Holland. Waterloo, a master of the 17-century Dutch Golden Age, in such evocative natural vistas, blending meticulous observation with poetic atmosphere. The artwork's brush medium—likely ink applied with fluid strokes—highlights Waterloo's technical prowess. This te...
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...