Large Farm with Draw Well
published in or before 1676
Medium
etching retouched with engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.28.42
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art's Department of Prints and Drawings will delight in *Large Farm with Draw Well a captivating etching retouched with engraving by the skilled Dutch brothers Johannes van Doetech the Elder and Lucas van Dochum. Created after the anonymous Master of the Small Landscapes—an innovative mid-16th-century artist for pioneering intimate rural vignettes—this print was published in or before 6. It belongs to a tradition of Netherlandish landscape prints that captured the everyday beauty of Flemish countryside life, from sturdy farmhouses to winding paths and commun...
About the Artist
Johannes van Doetechum, the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum after Master of the Small Landscapes
**Johannes van Doetechum the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum: Masters of the Small Landscapes** Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, born around 1530 in Deventer in the northern Netherlands, and his brother Lucas, active from 1554, formed one of the most prolific engraving teams of the 16th-century Netherlandish Renaissance. Hailing from a family of printmakers—Johannes was the son of Jan ter Heghe an...