Plate 6: two male figures standing on a rock at right, a waterfall at center with another male figure on its left bank, from 'Landscapes in the manner of Salvator Rosa' (Die Landschaften in Sal. Rosa's)
ca. 1700–25
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 9 7/16 × 6 1/8 in. (23.9 × 15.6 cm) Sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in. (24.4 × 16 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.277
Art Historical Context
In this evocative etching,Plate 6* from Joachim Beich's series *Landscapes in manner of Salvator Rosa (ca. 1700–25), visitors are drawn into a dramatic natural scene. Two male figures perch boldly on a rocky outcrop at the right while a cascading waterfall dominates the center, with another solitary figure poised on its left bank. composition captures the wild, untamed beauty of, blending human presence with rugged terrain in a compact plate measuring just 9 7/16 × 6 1/8 inches. Beich, a German engraver active in the early 18th century, skillfully emulates the style of 17th-century Italian Ba...