Landweg met op de achtergrond een kerktoren

About this artwork

height 130 mm x width 201 mm

Art Historical Context

Emile de Baré’s *Landweg met op de achtergrond een kerktoren* (Country Road with Church Tower in the Background) offers a quiet glimpse of rural life from the late nineteenth century. Created as an etching between 1865 and 1902, the small print—measuring just 130 by 201 millimetres—captures a gently winding road that leads the viewer’s eye toward a distant church spire. The modest scale invites intimate viewing, as if the scene were meant to be held and studied closely. Etching was a favoured medium for artists of this era who wished to record the textures of the countryside with fine, expres...