Landscape with the Circumcision of Moses' Son
1601 to 1650
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.178
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of Art, where Anthonie Waterloo's *Landscape with the Circumcision of' Son*, an etching from around 1601–1650, invites you into the Dutch Golden Age's masterful blend of nature and narrative. Waterloo, a prominent 17th-century Dutch artist, specialized in intricate landscape prints that capture the serene beauty of the countryside, often infused with subtle human stories. This work draws from the dramatic biblical episode in Exodus 4, Zipporah performs the circumcision of her son to avert divine wrath upon Moses. Nestled within a vast, atmospheric landscape, th...
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...