Plate 5, from Landscapes with Farmhouses
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15.7 × 24.4 cm (6 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.); sheet: 21.7 × 29 cm (8 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268500
Art Historical Context
**Plate 5, *Landscapes with Farmhouses*** Boetius Adams Bolert (c. 1580–163) invites visitors into serene rural world of early17th-century Flanders. Created in 1614, this etching on ivory laid paper measures a modest plate size of 15.7 × 24.4 cm, perfect for intimate appreciation in a collector's cabinet or study. Bolswert, a skilled Dutch-born engraver active in Antwerp, in prints that captured the charm of everyday countryside scenes, blending meticulous detail with atmospheric depth. Etching, Bolswert's chosen medium here, was a revolutionary technique in the Northern Renaissance, allowing...